During National Breast Cancer Awareness
Month, the Fulton County Board of Health wants to remind women who live in
Fulton County to get their life-saving cancer screenings available year round
at its Adamsville, College Park and North Fulton regional health centers.
Breast cancer is still the second
leading cause of cancer deaths for women in the United States and in Georgia,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC says early detection – through health
screenings—can lower the death rate of breast and cervical cancers. The CDC recommends more women should utilize
these life-saving, preventive screenings.
Through Fulton County’s Breast and
Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP), women who are income-eligible can receive FREE
or low-cost breast and cervical screenings and other diagnostic services. The program will cover the cost of a
mammogram to uninsured Fulton residents who meet the program criteria. To qualify for Fulton County’s BCCP program,
a woman must:
- Reside in Fulton County
- Be uninsured or under-insured
- Be income eligible
- Be between the ages of 40 to 64 year
- Have had her last mammogram more than a year.
Breast
and Cervical Cancer Program Services Offered at Three Fulton County Regional
Health Centers:
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Adamsville Regional Health Center
General info: 404-613-4215
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3700 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30331-3674
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For breast exam appointments call:
404-612-1649
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College Park Regional Health Center
General
info: 404-613-8865
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1920 John Wesley Ave,
College Park, GA 30337
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404-612-1649
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North Fulton Regional Health Center
General info: 404-612-1876
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3155 Royal Drive, Suite 125, Alpharetta, GA 30022
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404-612-1649
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Fulton County’s
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program Offers Services Year Round
Fulton County’s BCCP program has enrolled more than 10,000 uninsured
women between 1995-2015 who received screenings and or diagnostic
mammograms. Fulton County partners with
many civic organizations. This includes
providing clinical breast examinations and mammogram referrals to the S.C.L.C.
Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now, Inc. since 2008. For more
information about cancer screenings and other women’s health services, call the
Fulton County Board of Health’s Women’s Health Division at 404-612-1649.
