March 2021

EWBC with Cancer Services Program has provided 28 years of free cancer screenings

[prg-row][prg-column class=”prg-column prg-col-md-6″ width_md=”6″] [/prg-column][prg-column class=”prg-column prg-col-md-6″ width_md=”6″] For the past 28 years, Elizabeth Wende Breast Care (EWBC) and Cancer Services Program (CSP) has provided no-cost breast cancer screenings for uninsured patients. Founded in 1993, CSP-FLR* is part of a larger statewide initiative run by the NYS Department of Health’s Cancer Services Program. CSP-FLR promotes […]

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Why 40? Beginning Your Annual Screening Mammography

Starting annual screening mammograms at age 40 saves life. Despite this fact, depending on who you ask, confusing recommendations remain, with some organizations recommending delaying screening until age 50. The thing is, there is no scientific or biological reason that the age of 50 was selected as the age to begin screening. It is scientifically

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EWBC provides cancer risk assessment services to all of our patients

[prg-row][prg-column class=”prg-column prg-col-md-6″ width_md=”6″] Why is CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT important? Elizabeth Wende Breast Care (EWBC) provides cancer risk assessment services to all of our patients. By simply completing our health history questionnaire, we can estimate both your lifetime risk of breast cancer as well as your eligibility for genetic counseling and genetic testing. Obtaining a

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