Colorado nonprofit health center urges women of color to get breast cancer screenings

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Colorado nonprofit health center urges women of color to get breast cancer screenings
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WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — STRIDE Community Health Center, a Colorado nonprofit that provides healthcare to uninsured and underinsured families, is urging women of color to get breast cancer screenings.

"When she came, she was Stage 3. It was starting to invade her lungs and makes its way to other parts,” said a translator speaking on Rasgado's behalf."She had 36 radiation therapies. She also had surgery in her breast,” said the translator on behalf of Rasgado. “She's still going on treatments getting her PET scans done, MRIs.”

Heck said many of the Hispanic women she sees have not received mammograms in their lifetime, and this is their first introduction to healthcare.

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