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By Jodi Hovdenes
President, CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center 

Within our Walls: October 10, 2022

 

October 10, 2022

Casey Zink (left) and Tara Rau are the mammographers at CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington.

October is breast cancer awareness month. Everyone can name someone that has been affected by breast cancer due to the fact that it affects 1 in 8 women.

According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the second leading cancer death in women. Starting yearly mammograms at age 40 has helped cut breast cancer deaths by more than 40 percent. Seventy-five percent of women who get br...



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