NEWPORT – Newport Hospital, in association with the state’s Women’s Cancer Program, will offer free clinical breast exams and free mammograms to women between the ages of 40 and 64, who are under- or uninsured and who meet income guidelines. All exams and mammograms will take place at Newport Hospital. Interpreter services and transportation will be provided.
The free screening will take place from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, October 25, at Newport Hospital, 11 Friendship Street.
About one in eight U.S. women (roughly 12 percent) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. Breast exams and mammograms can help detect breast cancer early.
