February 09, 2010
Location:
LSU Mid City Clinic
1401 North Foster Drive
Time:
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Contact Information:
Appointment required. To schedule an appointment call (225) 215-1234 or toll free (888) 616- 4687.
FREE clinical breast exams will be performed by a physician or nurse practitioner for women 18 and older. Screening mammograms will be available for women 40 and older who do not have a doctor and have not had a mammogram in the past 12 months. Insurance will be billed for mammograms no charge for women without insurance.
A take-home colorectal cancer screening kit is one part of the recommended screening for colorectal cancer. The easy-to-use screening kit will be distributed to men and women age 50 or older who have not been screened for colorectal cancer in the past 12 months.
This is a screening test and does not replace a doctor's examination or other screening procedure. Test kits may only be picked up by the person who will use the test.