Komen's Patient Care Center offers no-cost, breast cancer screening and diagnostics services in 12 U.S. cities DALLAS, Sept. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen ®, the world's leading breast ...

Medicare covers at least one mammogram per year for women over 40. You can get your first mammogram between age 35 and 39, then one every year to check for breast cancer. Medicare will pay for more ...

UPDATE (5/30/25) — State lawmakers overrode Governor Kevin Stitt's veto of a bill that would help cover the cost for breast cancer screenings. Governor Stitt vetoed Representative Melissa Provenzano's ...

While out-of-pocket costs (OOPCs) have largely been eliminated for screening mammography, they still serve as financial barriers to patients undergoing subsequent diagnostic tests, according to ...

The new law removes significant financial hurdles, that could cost lives because women could not afford the follow up testing ...

If you have health insurance, your screening mammograms may be covered at no cost to you. Without insurance, you can still get free or low-cost mammograms through various organizations. Mammogram ...

Mammogram screenings are crucial for early detection of breast cancer, but many women face delays in getting them. These delays often occur because women either don’t have a primary care physician or ...

Recent trends of attempting to self-diagnose a medical condition based on online searches and without a professional medical expert can be harmful. Advances in technology have changed how and what ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A woman in Oklahoma knew she had breast cancer but a new technology at a local hospital detected something else she didn't expect. The new machine uses contrast-enhanced ...

Kelly Stegall of Savannah opted to undergo her first mammogram two years ago, when she was 39, because of a family history of breast cancer. Fortunately, the mammogram showed no problems, but it did ...

Patients with stage 1 or 2, hormone receptor (HR)-negative breast cancer had similar five-year rates of locoregional recurrence whether or not they underwent preoperative breast magnetic resonance ...