Mobile mammogram van coming to the Bronx
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER, O 12 CT. 15-21, 2021
SBY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA ince 2008, New York
City-based non-profit
ProjectRenewal has deployed
mobile vans that
have provided thousands of
mammograms, clinical breast
exams and care coordination
to communities in need —
regardless of their financial
situation — for women who
are homeless, low-income or
uninsured.
On Oct. 21, ProjectRenewal
will have a mobile van
ready to screen any woman
in the Bronx at the Community
Health Network Westchester
from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Oct. 21 event comes at
a crucial time, as experts and
public health offi cials are encouraging
more women to
get screened for breast cancer
after a drop-off in screenings
during the pandemic. In
June 2021, the CDC reported
that the total number of
breast cancer screenings declined
by 87% during April
2020, compared with previous
5-year averages for that
same month.
In New York City, more
than 1,000 women die from
breast cancer each year, and
during the pandemic screenings
delayed diagnoses and
widened disparities among
those who already experience
health inequities, according
to the CDC.
In recent years, with data
dating back to 2016, the Highbridge
and Morrisania sections
of the Bronx had some
of the highest rates of death
from breast cancer in NYC,
along with East Harlem and
the Rockaways. Breast cancer
mortality rates overall
vary by NYC neighborhood,
from under 15.9 to 32.2
deaths per 100,000 female
population in the city.
The ScanVan has conducted
screenings in more
than 200 locations throughout
the fi ve boroughs.
Studies have shown that
access to screenings are
linked to a person’s socioeconomic
status, as well as the
prevalence of breast cancer
cases disproportionately affecting
women of color.
According to ProjectRenewal,
the ScanVan initiative
is an effort to help
more than 60% of uninsured
women who don’t have a regular
doctor, and therefore
forgo their annual mammogram
because of high costs
and lack of access to care.
In a full calendar year,
ScanVan has screened as
many as 4,479 low-income
women for breast cancer regardless
of insurance or legal
status. They were able to
detect 12 cases among those
screenings.
According to NYC health
data, Black women had
the highest mortality due
to breast cancer across all
years as compared to other
racial and ethnic groups.
White women had the largest
decline in mortality rate
over that time span.
Between 2002 and 2015,
the mortality rate among
White women decreased by
27.8% (from 28.1 to 20.3) as
compared to a smaller decrease
of 18.3% (from 31 to
25.3) among Black women.
The 40-foot-long ScanVan is the nation’s fi rst mobile mammography clinic, and comes at crucial time as experts
and public health offi cials encourage more women to get screened. The ScanVan has conducted screenings
in more than 200 locations throughout the fi ve boroughs. Photo ProjectRenewal
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