Free and low-cost breast cancer screening resources in Iowa:
- Care for Yourself program–Iowa Department of Public Health
- Especially for You fund–Mercy Women’s Center, Cedar Rapids
- June E. Nylen Cancer Center–Sioux City
- United Way of East Central Iowa
- Winneshiek County Celebration of Life
- Bras for the Cause grant program
Reliable sources for breast cancer information:
- American Cancer Society
- Iowa Cancer Consortium
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- National Cancer Institute
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Still have question about breast cancer? Call the American Cancer Society’s toll-free hotline at 1-800-227-2345, or chat directly with an American Cancer Society representative.
I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in March of 2011, which was discovered through a mammogram! I had to undergo, three biopsies, bi-lateral masectomy and had 2 nodes removed. I underwent 38 radiation treatments and am taking Tamoxifen, for which I will be taking for five years. If I had not had my mammogram, it would have not have been good at all. My Oncologist said it was found in time! So mammograms save lives and it saved mine!