Breast Cancer (Screening)
Mammograms Hit The Road In West Texas
Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 11th, 1996
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center plans to unveil a mobile clinic expected to serve 3,000 women in its first year.
Texas Tech signed a five-year contract with the state to provide mammograms and health education in 10 counties south and west of Odessa. A $300,000 grant from the Texas Cancer Council paid for the bus-sized vehicle and other start-up costs.
"We promised the state we would not stand by idly while watching somebody with breast cancer not get treated," said Dr. Glenn Roberson, the...
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