Cancer Screenings

LMC Community Outreach also provides on-site cancer screenings to area businesses, churches and other organizations.

Mobile Mammography/Breast Health Screening

Mammography is recommended for women age 40 and over every year.

Breast cancer is .

• The most common cancer among women, other than skin cancer.
• The leading cause of death in women, after lung cancer.

Prostatic-Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test

Most men should begin screenings yearly at age 50. African-American men and men with a history of prostate cancer should begin annual testing at age 45.

• Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men in South Carolina.
• One man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.

Colorectal Cancer - Fecal Occult Blood (Hemoccult card test)

This test is recommended for anyone age 50 or older.

Colon Cancer is.

• The second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S.
• More than 90 percent of people with this disease are diagnosed after age 50.
• Often has no symptoms

For more information or to schedule a screening, call LMC Community Outreach at (803) 936-8850.