Mobile mammography van arrives in Kemin district for free diagnostics

AKIPRESS.COM - The free diagnostics of residents of Kemin district of Chui region started on December 1 with the purpose of early detection of breast cancer, Health Insurance Fund reported. The mobile mammography van arrived in Bystrovka town with support of Ergene Foundation and the Ministry of Health.
X-ray images will be sent to Bishkek, where highly qualified radiologist will make conclusions and will send them to the respective family medicine center of a patient.
Patients will then visit a doctor with this conclusion.
Mammograms are low-dose x-rays of the breast. Regular mammograms can help find breast cancer at an early stage, when treatment is most successful. A mammogram can often find breast changes that could be cancer years before physical symptoms develop.