By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
A two-day event across all three Mosaic Life Care locations is encouraging women 40 and older to get their mammograms if they haven’t yet this year.
Mosaic Nurse Navigator Stephanie Wegenka says the procedure is important because mammograms and early detection saves lives
“So, the sooner and smaller that we can find a breast cancer, the better the outcome is for the patient,” Wegenka tells reporters.
The event will be held Friday and Saturday at all three locations in St. Joseph, Maryville, and Albany.
Wegenka says it’s important to get a mammogram once a year
“Also just to do monthly self-breast exams, like I said the smaller and the sooner that we can find breast cancer the better the outcome is for the patient,” Wegenka says.
Wegenka says people that come to the event should expect a fairly quick and easy procedure
“Patients will come through the front door Plaza One, they will check in at the front desk and then we’ll get them over to the mammogram department, the mammogram girls will get them checked in,” Wegenka explains. “They will come back out the main entrance again and there will be some education that’s set up.”
The event will be held on Friday from 4 to 8pm and Saturday 8am to 8pm in St. Joseph. In Maryville and Albany, it will be held Friday from 5am to 9am and Saturday from 8am to noon.
Appointments are required and can be made by contacting Mosaic Life Care.
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