Ascension St. Mary’s Hospital unveiled its brand new $1 million mobile mammography 3D breast cancer screening center on Thursday, October 20, 2022. The center is being deployed to address what Ascension calls an “unusually high mortality rate” for those with breast cancer in the mid, northern and thumb regions of Michigan. Hospital officials say the mobile breast cancer screening center provides the same high-quality mammography screenings that an individual would get at a hospital imaging center.
The hospital says it’s planned a monthly schedule for the mobile mammography screening center with stops in Birch Run, Chesaning, Frankenmuth, Oscoda, Vassar, and several Genesee County locations.