Mobile Mammography Services

Breast cancer education and outreach programs are a priority for KCP. Although cancer control specialists promote the use of mammography, many counties do not have local facilities. Access, particularly among low income women, is a special concern. In 1990, the Brown Cancer Center responded to a call for action from the Kentucky Department for Public Health and started a statewide mobile mammography program to serve health department patients. KCP supports the service through community presentations and the distribution of education materials about breast cancer detection.

The Brown Cancer Center has now expanded the program to two mobile mammography units. The original van still travels statewide to local health departments, businesses, and community organizations as requested. The addition of the new transportable unit has increased access for low income women in the metropolitan Louisville and Jefferson County area.