Carroll High School teacher surprised with H-E-B award for special education work<\/a><\/p>\nCity leaders say the center is a significant step forward in expanding access to potentially life-saving screenings in a region that lags slightly behind the national average.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are going to have more access to an exam that is extremely important for women. So this is a huge milestone,\u201d said Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo.<\/p>\n
Health experts stress that early detection remains critical, noting that one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make sure that we are using the tools that we have today to be able to identify those cancers early,\u201d said Carol Kirton, Vice President of Operations for Solis Mammography. \u201cIf there\u2019s advice to any women out there, it\u2019s to get your annual screening \u2026 because they really can save your life.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hospital leaders say the new center could also help reduce the number of patients who leave the Coastal Bend for care.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 27% of the patients seek cancer care outside of the community \u2026 not because we don\u2019t have great oncologists, but because there are other drivers,\u201d said David Irizarry, Corpus Christi Medical Center CEO.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those barriers often include cost, transportation and time away from work \u2014 challenges that can impact entire families.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt affects the family immediately,\u201d said Cindy Herrera with The Pink Connection. \u201cCaregivers are missing time at work while helping loved ones get to appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n
To help address one of the most common concerns about screenings, officials say the new center features curved mammography machines designed to reduce pain and discomfort \u2014 a factor that can sometimes cause women to delay exams.<\/p>\n
The Pink Connection is also encouraging women in the Coastal Bend battling breast cancer to reach out for assistance. The nonprofit provides support for expenses such as travel, medical bills, groceries and utilities, and does not require proof of financial need.<\/p>\n
Leaders say the goal is to remove as many barriers as possible \u2014 keeping care close to home and encouraging more women to get screened early, when treatment is most effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi Medical Center and Solis Mammography open a new breast imaging center offering 3D mammograms, with added…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-228064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}