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MID COAST HOSPITAL For a lifetime of caring www.midcoasthealth.com 729-0181 The good news is that more and more women are being diagnosed early and surviving this disease, largely because of increased awareness. Awareness is a primary goal at Mid Coast Hospital’s Breast Health Center and of the Center’s coordinator, Kim Lynch, RN. Kim and Deb Wallace, RN are experts at helping patients navigate the system, sharing their experience and lending support. Our multi- disciplinary team includes radiation oncologists, surgeons, pathologists, nurses, occupational therapists, nutritionists, and pharmacists. Mid Coast uses state-of-the art diag- nostic technology, such as breast MRI, which helps doctors search more accurately for additional cancer sites before surgery. In the very near future we will be one of the few facilities in Maine offering MRI breast biopsies. We’re also looking forward to a new digital mammography machine in 2006—the latest in high resolution technology. We have a terrific breast cancer support group, and a new group for patients with recurrent breast cancer. We also offer a comprehensive breast rehabilitation program. For more information, please call the Breast Health Center at 373-6540 or visit www.midcoasthealth.com/breasthealth. This year breast cancer will strike more than 200,000 times in the U.S. and claim 40,000 lives. is for Breast Health. B u i ldin g a he alth ier c o m m u n it y Mid Coast Hospital is a member of the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program, which provides free mammograms and pap smears to women age 50 and over who can’t afford them. Members of the breast cancer support group on a recent kayak trip: Breat health Center coordinator Kim Lynch, Mary Doe, Mary Doe, Mary Doe, MaryDoe, Mary Doe, Mary Doe.

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MID COAST HOSPITALFor a lifetime of caring

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The good news is that more and morewomen are being diagnosed early andsurviving this disease, largely becauseof increased awareness. Awareness is a primary goal at MidCoast Hospital’s Breast Health Centerand of the Center’s coordinator, KimLynch, RN. Kim and Deb Wallace, RNare experts at helping patients navigatethe system, sharing their experienceand lending support. Our multi-disciplinary team includes radiationoncologists, surgeons, pathologists,nurses, occupational therapists,nutritionists, and pharmacists. Mid Coast uses state-of-the art diag-nostic technology, such as breast MRI,which helps doctors search moreaccurately for additional cancer sitesbefore surgery. In the very near futurewe will be one of the few facilities inMaine offering MRI breast biopsies.We’re also looking forward to a newdigital mammography machine in2006—the latest in high resolutiontechnology. We have a terrific breast cancersupport group, and a new group forpatients with recurrent breast cancer.We also offer a comprehensive breastrehabilitation program. For more information, please call theBreast Health Center at 373-6540 or visitwww.midcoasthealth.com/breasthealth.

This year breast cancer

will strike more than 200,000

times in the U.S. and claim 40,000 lives.

is for Breast Health.

Building a healthiercommunity

Mid Coast Hospital is a member of the Maine Breast andCervical Health Program, which provides free mammogramsand pap smears to women age 50 and over who can’t afford them.

Members of the breast cancer support group on a recentkayak trip: Breat health Center coordinator Kim Lynch,

Mary Doe, Mary Doe, Mary Doe, MaryDoe, Mary Doe, Mary Doe.