Breast Cancer for Washington and the non-profit organization Nueva Vida have partnered to provide service to women needing mammograms.
The Mobile Mammogram Coach or “Mammovan” travels around the region, including Montgomery County, to provide free 3D mammogram exams, and the professional team inside the van does between 25 to 30 mammograms daily.
MCM got special access to the Mammovan.
According to the Nueva Vida website, about 1 in 3 Hispanic men and 1 in 3 Hispanic women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. The lifetime probability of dying from cancer is 1 in 5 for Hispanic men and 1 in 6 for Hispanic women. Cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanics, accounting for 22% of deaths in 2012.
In the past two years, they have provided screening exams to 82.2% of Latino women and 84.6% of African-American women in Maryland.
