Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center offers low-cost mammograms

Women are being encouraged to take advantage of low-cost digital mammograms being offered this month by the Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center.

 

The service is being offered in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the hospital announced this week.

 

The service will be available for $50.

 

"In this uncertain economy we are very pleased to be able to offer this low-cost program to women who don't have or have lost their insurance coverage," Jan L. Eggleton, supervisor at the Breast Health Center in the hospital's Cancer Care Center, said in a hospital statement.
 

"Mammograms are the 'gold standard' for early detection of breast cancer when it is the most curable," Eggleton said.

 

To be eligible for the low-cost screening a woman must meet the following criteria:

 

- Age 40 or older. 

 

- No breast implants.

 

- No history of breast cancer in the last five years.

 

- No current breast problems.

 

 The low-cost mammograms will be available at three Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center health facilities in the region:

 

- The Breast Health Center, in the Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center, 1910 Royalty Drive, Pomona 

 

- The Pomona Valley Health Center at Claremont, 1601 Monte Vista Ave., Suite 107, Claremont 

 

- Pomona Valley Imaging Center, in the Pomona Valley Health Center at Chino Hills, 2140 Grand Ave., Suite 11, Chino Hills 

 

Exams must be completed by Oct. 31 with payment due at the time the service is provided.

 

Cash, check or credit card payment will be accepted.

 

Screenings require appointments. An appointment can be made by calling (909) 469-9395.