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Saint Francis Medical Center - Free Health Screenings
Saint Francis offers free health-screening opportunities for lung, breast and skin cancers, heart disease, stroke and more throughout the year and annually. Lung cancer screenings are available to individuals who have smoked in the past or who currently smoke. Computed tomography screenings are free and offer an opportunity for members of the community to detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, when it is most treatable. Saint Francis offers free skin cancer screenings in Cape Girardeau and other locations in the region each year.
What is it?
Saint Francis offers free health-screening opportunities for lung, breast and skin cancers, heart disease, stroke and more throughout the year and annually. Lung cancer screenings are available to individuals who have smoked in the past or who currently smoke. Computed tomography screenings are free and offer an opportunity for members of the community to detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, when it is most treatable. Saint Francis offers free skin cancer screenings in Cape Girardeau and other locations in the region each year.
Who is it for?
At-risk members of the community.
Why do they do it?
A community health needs assessment ranked cancer, heart disease and stroke as priority concerns for the region.
Impact
One hundred forty-three individuals have participated in free lung cancer screenings. Skin cancer screenings serve 150 to 200 participants per year. In 2014, nearly 200 individuals participated and five potential skin-cancer cases were identified.
Contact: Emily Blattel
Communications Specialist
Telephone: 573-331-5327
Email: eblattel@sfmc.net
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