“Mammovan” fights breast cancer

Posted by Alexandra Pecharich × 03/30/2015 at 8:47 am on news.FIU.edu

Just steps from fancy stores with names such as Armani, Versace and Prada, a shiny 45-foot custom pink-and-blue bus sat earlier this month beneath a highway overpass in Miami's Design District. Known affectionately as "the mammovan," the vehicle welcomed aboard women looking for free mammograms because they couldn't afford to pay.

Named for a 54-year-old who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2005, the Linda Fenner Mammography Health Facility is a state-of-the-art clinic on wheels run by FIU's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. It offers a 3D mammogram to any woman who needs one but exists primarily to serve those who have limited options due to lack of health insurance.

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