OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH AND IT'S A GREAT
REMIND HE -- REMINDER FOR WOMEN
TO GET A CHECKUP.
JOINING US IS A DIAGNOSTIC
RADIOLOGIST AT KAPI'OLANI
MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING, KELLY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY TIMELY
TOPIC, ESPECIALLY IN THIS MONTH.
BUT REMIND EVERYONE WHY ARE
MAMMOGRAMS IMPORTANT?
GREAT QUESTION.
MAMMOGRAMS SAVE LIVES BY HELPING
US AS RADIOLOGISTS DETECT BREAST
CANCER AT ITS EARLIEST STAGE.
THAT'S WHEN THE SIZE OF BREAST
CANCER CAN BE AS TINY AS A GRAIN
OF RICE AND EVEN BEFORE YOU
WOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL A LUMP IN
YOUR BREAST.
WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO DETECT
BREAST CANCER THAT EARLY, YOU'RE
MORE LIKELY TO BEAT CANCER.
AND SPEAKING OF EARLY
DETECTION, IT IS SO CRUCIAL BUT
WHEN SHOULD WOMEN START TO BE
GETTING THESE MAMMOGRAMS?
YEAH, WOMEN SHOULD START
HAVING YEARLY MAMMOGRAMS AT AGE
40 AND THIS IS BASED ON
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY.
THE EXCEPTION IS IF YOU'RE AT
HIGH RISK FOR BREAST CANCER
WHICH TYPICALLY MEANS YOU HAVE A
HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER IN YOUR
FAMILY, YOU WOULD START GETTING
MAMMOGRAMS EARLIER THAN AGE 40
AND POSSIBLY EVEN YEARLY BREAST
MRI SCREENING.
IF YOU'RE AT HIGH RISK FOR
BREAST CANCER OR YOU AREN'T
SURE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
DISCUSS IT WITH YOUR PRIMARY
CARE PHYSICIAN.
DEFINITELY.
WHAT SHOULD WOMEN KNOW ABOUT
KEEPING UP WITH THOSE ANNUAL
SCREENINGS THAT YOU WERE
MENTIONING, THE MAMMOGRAMS,
ESPECIALLY DURING COVID-19?
RIGHT.
BREAST CANCER JUST LIKE OTHER
DISEASES DOESN'T CARE IF COVID
IS HERE OR NOT.
SO I WOULD JUST -- PEOPLE SHOULD
KNOW EVEN DURING THIS PANDEMIC
IT'S STILL CRUCIAL TO CONTINUE
GETTING YOUR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAMS.
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
PUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK BY
GOING OUT TO GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM,
AT HAWAI'I PANDEMIC HEALTH --
HAWAI'I PACIFIC HEALTH WE
PRIORITIZE YOUR SAFETY BY
WEARING MASKS, STERILIZING ROOMS
AFTER EVERY PATIENT AND WE
SCHEDULE THE TIMING OF YOUR
APPOINTMENT APPROPRIATELY TO
SPACE IT OUT AND WE PROVIDE
PROPER SPACING IN THE WAITING
DEFINITELY.
ALSO FOR BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH WE PROVIDE A
FREE GIFT FOR THIS MONTH OF
OCTOBER.
JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT.
VERY NICE.
FOR WOMEN GETTING THEIR
MAMMOGRAMS.
HOW SWEET IS THAT?
OFFERING A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES
FREE SCREENINGS FOR WOMEN.
DO TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
WHO QUALIFIES FOR THE PROGRAM
AND WHAT'S INVOLVED?
SURE.
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FREE
BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER
SCREENING AT KAPI'OLANI.
THESE ARE FOR WOMEN WHO HAVE
LITTLE OR NO MEDICAL INSURANCE
REQUIREMENTS.
THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
HAWAI'I DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
SO WITH MORE PEOPLE STRUGGLING
THESE DAYS OUT OF WORK AND
WITHOUT INSURANCE, I IMAGINE
THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY THERE'S A
MIGHT QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
CANCER OR ARE 40 TO 49 YEARS OLD
CANCER AND YOU DON'T HAVE
MEDICAL INSURANCE, I WOULD
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION
TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS
FREE BREAST CANCER SCREENING
PROGRAM.
DEFINITELY.
AND FOR THOSE WHO DO WANT TO
CONTACT YOU TO LEARN MORE OR IF
WOMEN WANT TO SCHEDULE AN
APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR MAMMOGRAM
AT YOUR LOCATION, WHERE CAN WE
FIND MORE INFORMATION?
YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE
HAWAI'IPACIFIC HEALTH.
THAT WAY YOU CAN BOOK YOUR
APPOINTMENT ON-LINE OR FIND OUR
PHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT US.
THE WEBSITE IS
HAWAI'IPACIFICHEALTH.ORG/MAMMOGR
AM.
PERFECT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST WOMEN
DON'T LOOK FORWARD TO BECAUSE IT
IS SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP ON TOP
OF IT AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE
GETTING YOUR YEARLY SCREENINGS
BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO ANY
TYPE OF BREAST CANCER, BUT
BREAST CANCER AS WELL, EARLY
DETECTION IS KEY.
LADIES, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR LADIES AND
MAKE SURE YOU'RE SAFE AND
HEALTHY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR, FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
AGAIN, FOR THAT FREE
SCREENING AS WELL MAKE SURE YOU
HEAD OVER TO THEIR WEBSITE TO