Navicent mammogram coach coming to At Home Senior Living

The Atrium Health Navicent Mobile Mammography Coach is making its way to Cochran, giving locals a quick and simple opportunity to get this vital health screening. 

At Home Senior Living is hosting the coach Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at their Cochran location at 147 Sixth Street. No appointment is necessary.

The mobile mammogram program, which debuted in January, brings a state-of-the-art, 3D digital breast imaging system in the 35-foot coach to convenient areas to allow women 40 and older to get screened. 

Accounting for about 30% of all new female cancers each year, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among American women, Navicent said in a release. It’s recommended that all women have a baseline screening mammogram at age 40, and in some cases, women between the ages of 35 and 39 may also need a baseline mammogram.

“Atrium Health Navicent is proud to be increasing access to mammograms, taking this service to the places where women live, work and live their lives to make it easier for them to participate in a screening,” program manager Latasha Hill said. “Breast cancer screening can detect cancer early, when it’s easier to treat.”

The coach is staffed by female technologists who are trained in screening mammography, according to Navicent. Since the program’s start, the coach has provided nearly 300 screenings. 

Screenings will be available to those at least 40 years old, those with a history of breast cancer and anyone with a physician’s order. Patients are instructed to bring a current photo ID and their insurance card. 

While insurance is encouraged, Navicent also provides mammograms to uninsured women free of cost thanks to grant funding and donations.

“No woman should go without a screening mammogram based on their income or lack of,” their website says.

At the At Home Senior Living event, custom-designed T-shirts will be available, “sharing a message of hope, support and community strength,” the facility said.

For questions about Thursday’s coach visit, call 478-271-4663. For general questions about the mobile mammography coach, contact 478-633-2003 or visit navicenthealth.org/mobilemammogram.

If interested patients can’t make the Cochran date, the mammogram coach will be traveling through other areas in Middle Georgia this spring: 

• Saturday, April 26: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dairy Queen, 315 W Clinton St. in Gray.

• Saturday, May 3: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Unionville Baptist Church, 3837 Houston Ave. in Macon.

• Saturday, May 10: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. for the Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer, Georgia 5K Run for Breast Cancer event at The Shoppes at River Crossing, 5080 Riverside Drive in Macon.

• Saturday, May 17: 8 a.m. to noon at AH Baldwin Walter B Williams Park, 59 Ga. Highway 22 in Milledgeville.