Poor turned away from cancer screenings

Sunday, Dec. 13

ALBANY, New York (AP) - as the economy in the device and more people go without health insurance, women in at least 20 States are Lowincome is turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according to the American Cancer Society cancer action network.

The organisation, that State budget strains force to reject some programs people, which otherwise free mammography might be considered and Pap smears found in the unofficial overview of programs for July 2008 to April 2009. Turned away just as many are not known; in some cases, women are screened by other programs or in accordance with various providers.

"Called I am and I panicked," said Erin LaBarge, 47. This would have been their third time a free mammogram of the screening program in St. Lawrence County. The resident of Norwood, n.y., but was told that she could get their free mammogram this year because there isn't enough not old money and she is enough.

New York used to screen women of all ages, but this year the budget crunch it has forced women under 50 are that at the highest risk and exclude.

"It's a scary thought." It really is, "said LaBarge, who fear that it is a higher risk, because her grandmother died of breast cancer."

The Cancer Society has an estimate for how much percent of breast cancer diagnoses coming of mammography screenings, but says that women have a 98 percent survival rate for breast cancer

Cancer is early during phase I caught. It shrinks II and III, and 27 percent to stage IV - to 84 per cent during the periods when cancer has reached its most advanced point.

"I know already, there are women who die, we are with mammography whose lives and could have saved other discoveries,", said Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the company.

In New York City provider in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens says the Cancer Society Western and 15,000 less free mammograms will perform in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester County project, which they almost for the financial year end of April 2010, as compared to the previous year.

The Cancer Society has no way to include, how many women are to be averted, and many providers do not have as many are denied screening, or whether the women find another alternative. The cost of screening vary, but average mammography is about $100, while a PAP screen ranging from $75 to $200, may according to the society.

Project renewal van scan, which gives mammograms around New York City, in the rule targets has 6,000 women a year but cut back to 3,100 this year Director Mary Solomon said.

Each State handles differently free demonstrations. Some use State funds to federal grants, get to complement each other while other private support of Susan G. Komen for the cure Foundation and other groups.

At least 14 countries cut budgets for free cancer screenings this year: Colorado, Montana, Illinois, Alabama, Minnesota, Connecticut, South Carolina, Utah, Missouri, Washington, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas.

Some States have reduced their budgets still found opportunities services; some States, which have reduced their budgets do not still find women turn away, because enough money not to need to.

"This medical care by offering [demonstrations] only in the first half of the fiscal year or by rationing back is to the programs," said Brawley. "It is, people are dying results in rationing."

New York, who has fought for two years with deficits in the billions, used women of all ages to screen for breast cancer, but after $3.5 million in the budget this year cuts women under 50 - such as LaBarge - are no longer entitled, if they know cancer seriously weighing the breast cancer gene or a family history. Despite the LaBarge family history she refused, screening due to their age and lack of funding.

"We easily, do not do this", says Claudia Hutton, spokeswoman for the Agency. "This is not a cut, we would have made if the State had the money, but the State don't have the money simply."

The question of women, if mammography should get broke into controversy last month when the US preventive services task force recommended that the tests are routinely women 50 and then every two years does not propagate.

She broke with the Cancer Society long standing position that women should start getting mammograms at the age of 40, and every year thereafter; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists mammography is recommended every one to two years for women in their 40s and annually after the age of 50 years.

The American Cancer Society opposes the Federal task force recommendations.

"I believe they here made a mistake," said Brawley.

In 2009 estimates the cancer society, 34,600 women between 40 and 49 be found will have nationwide breast cancer; in this age group, 4,300 breast cancer deaths are this year projected.

Oregon, with 57,000 eligible women now free screenings to 6,000 a year limited, Amy said Manchester Harris, Executive Director of breast and cervical cancer program. Many States, including Oregon, nor screen women with symptoms, such as a breast lump.

"It's pretty painful," women, to make, said Shari House, owner of the health center Pearl in Portland.

"they annoying, they get depressed, get hopelessly," she said. "It's like with a door in your face slapped."

Sarah Gudz, who directs the Ohio Department of health breast and cervical cancer project, said the pool of women who search has increased after free screening higher unemployment and more people without insurance.

Ohio assigned to$ 2.5 million for 2008 / 09; State funding fell to $700,000 for 2009 / 10. Almost 17,000 women served in Ohio last year, but the State is expected to finance to 14,000 screenings 2009 / 10.

The Federal of centers for disease control and prevention estimates that since 1991, the free screening program has provided more than 8 million tests for more than 3.4 million women, recognition of more than 39,000 breast cancers, 2,400 invasive cervical cancers and 126,000 pre maligne cervical lesions.

The American Cancer Society cancer action network says that the economy has forced cuts in the demonstrations at a time when more people are not insured.

The company respondents programs for July 2008 to April 2009 and found that State budget strains force to reject some programs people, could be considered otherwise free mammography and Pap smears.

In some cases, women are protected by other programs or in accordance with various providers.

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