Tenderloin Mammo Mobile

The San Francisco General Hospital in partnership with the Avon Foundation were on-site here at St. Anthony Foundation administering mammograms for St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic patients  through the Comprehensive Breast Care Center. This “mammo-mobile” provides vital screening services to undeserved women around San Francisco in an effort to prevent breast cancer through early detection.

Women who receive primary care at St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic are given clinical breast exams as part of routine health exams and are signed up for yearly mammogram screenings through the Comprehensive Breast Care Center.

Since its inception in 2004, the Avon Comprehensive Breast Care Center has provided over 34,000 breast screenings and more than 2,000 breast health procedures. Diagnostic procedures include digital mammography, ultrasound-guided biopsy, stereotactic biopsy, localization procedures, as well as clinical, health education and case coordination services.

The “mammo-mobile” will be making monthly on-site visits to St. Anthony Free Medical Clinic to ensure  patients have ccess to these life saving services. It is community partnerships like these  strengthen the safety net and make health care available to all.