New Jersey’s Department of Health says Essex County has one of the highest rates of late-stage breast cancer and cervical cancer diagnoses in the Garden state. And data show the outcomes for Black women are often more deadly compared to other groups, especially in the city of Newark.
To try to reverse these alarming trends, Newark University Hospital has partnered with the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School to roll out a new mobile mammogram van that’ll screen patients right where they are.
Dr. Susan Pories, a surgical oncologist at University Hospital and a Professor in the Department of Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Valencia Maponya, mobile health manager for University Hospital, join WNYC’s Morning Edition host Michael Hill to discuss how this service can save lives.
To learn more about the mammogram van, call 9-7-3 (9-7-BREAST)
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