October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Inova is your Link to Pink

ALEXANDRIA, VA – (October 3, 2012) – To celebrate the growing awareness around breast cancer, Inova Breast Care Institute is hosting several events throughout October.

Free Screening Mammogram Day Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 (please note free mammogram event is not occurring in 2013). Available at all the following locations:

• Inova Fairfax Hospital
• Inova Loudoun Hospital
• Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
• Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
• Inova Imaging Center –Franconia/Springfield
• Inova Imaging Center – Dulles South
• Inova Imaging Center – Leesburg
• Inova Imaging Center – Mark Center

This free screening mammogram is available to all women over 40 who have a physician order.  Registration is required. Please call 571.423.5400 (please note free mammogram event is not occurring in 2013).

• Survivorship: Thriving through Integrative Strategies Oct. 6 from 9:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Inova Loudoun Hospital
• Dispelling the Myths About Breast Cancer Oct. 17 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Inova Mount Vernon Hospital
• Key to the Cure Oct. 17- 21. Saks Fifth Avenue will donate 2% of sales Life With Cancer.  Saks Fifth Avenue, Tysons Galleria
• Women’s Health Fair Oct. 20 from 10:00 a.m. – Noon, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
• Treatment Options for Breast Cancer Oct. 23 from 6:30–7:30 p.m., Inova Fair Oaks Hospital

For information or to register on any of these events, visit www.inovalinktopink.org  or call 1.855.My.Inova (1.855.694.6682) .

Inova is a not-for-profit health care system located in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, serving over two million people with over 1,700 licensed beds based in Northern Virginia.  Inova consists of five hospitals including the area’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care unit.  Inova encompasses many health services including the nationally and internationally recognized Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI), Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) on genomics, Inova Neuroscience Institute and Inova Children’s Hospital.  Inova’s mission is to improve the health of the diverse community it serves through excellence in patient care, education and research.  More information and statistics about Inova is at www.inova.org.
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