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BC Cancer urge women over 40 to get mammogram as breast cancer awareness month begins

BC Cancer is reminding women between the ages of 40-74 to book a free screening mammogram, which is an x-ray of the breasts that are done with a female technician.

Breast Cancer Awareness month begins Tuesday (Oct 1).

According to John Lowrie, BC Cancer Mobile Operations Manager if a patient has a family history of breast cancer they should be checked every year, but if they don’t they should get checked every 2 years.

Lowrie said it’s always a good idea for women to give themselves a self-examination or get their doctor to examine them.

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“It is important to get a mammogram because we can find smaller things that just can’t be felt potentially 3 years before it grows big enough to be felt by yourself or your physician,” he said.

BC Cancer offers a free mobile mammogram service for different rural and indigenous communities.

Lowrie also said the association has three of the mobile services.

“The mobiles get to about 120 rural and indigenous communities throughout the province so, one is primarily on Vancouver Island, One that is primarily in the Northern part of the province, and one is that is in primarily of the Interior and the Kootenays,” he said.

The mobile service will be in Kitwanga Tuesday (Oct.1) and in New Hazelton on Monday (Oct 7).

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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