PEORIA, Ill. – The third Friday of October each year is designated as National Mammogram Day.
Carle Health Greater Peoria Oncology is offering free, walk-in cancer screenings on Friday, October 20, as well as free mammograms for those who are eligible in Peoria and Pekin.
The Tazewell County Health Department can also help women 40-64, living in Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford and Marshall Counties get free breast exams and mammograms if they’re uninsured and underinsured through the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
Health officials say with breast cancer, early detection is key.
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