ACCESS Receives Grant for Breast Cancer Awareness Program

posted on: Dec 17, 2008

The Susan G. Komen Detroit Race For The Cure has awarded a $115,000 one-year grant to ACCESS Community Health & Research Center to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. It is the ninth year that the program has received Komen funding to support its work on this important health issue, and in recognition of the excellence of the program. Breast Cancer

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) at ACCESS Community Health & Research Center will educate women over 40 years of age, who reside in the Metropolitan Detroit-area and refer them to low-cost or free mammograms and clinical breast exams in their own communities.

Since January 1997, the BCCCP at ACCESS has reached more than 15,000 women with information about the importance of early detection of breast cancer and has referred almost 12,000 women for mammograms and clinical breast exams.

Since 1983, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Series has funded community-based breast health programs across the United States, including grants supporting BCCCP at the ACCESS Community Health & Research Center since 2000. These programs are dedicated to educating underserved women about breast cancer and linking them with early detection screening services.