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Early Detection is Key in Breast Cancer Survival

October 01, 2020

During the month of October, Huron Regional Medical Center partners with several groups in the community to raise awareness and encourage women to schedule a mammogram through a variety of activities and by offering free mammograms.

According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight women will get breast cancer. South Dakota has the second-highest female breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. and every week in South Dakota, 14 people are diagnosed with breast cancer and two people die of the disease, according to a 2015 report by Susan G. Komen-South Dakota. The report also indicates that Beadle County’s death rate from breast cancer is eight percent higher than the national average. The goal of the We’ve Got You Covered program is to decrease those figures.

The good news is that the five-year survivability rate of breast cancer is 98.8% when detected at the localized stage, confined to the breast – making early detection activities and regular mammograms key to survival. Thanks to the generous donations of area residents to the HRMC Foundation, the hospital offers free mammograms to women in need.

Women between the ages of 40-64 or under the age of 40 with an increased risk who have not had a mammogram in one year and do not have insurance that covers a mammogram are eligible to receive a free mammogram.

For more information about We’ve Got You Covered or to schedule a digital mammogram, call 605-353-6246 or visit www.huronregional.org/mammo.

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