PRESS RELEASE / FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION: Friday, June 20, 2025
Alberta Cancer Foundation and Primary Care Alberta bring life-saving breast cancer screening to women in rural and remote communities.
EDMONTON – Women in rural and Indigenous communities across Alberta are getting improved access to breast cancer screening starting this June.
Two brand-new mobile units, equipped with state-of-the-art mammography technology, are hitting the highway this year, replacing aging trailers that have served the province for more than a decade. One of the units is now on the road in rural communities, and the second will follow later this year. The new units offer greater space, accessibility and comfort for clients and will allow more Albertans to undergo breast cancer screening in their own communities.
Purchased through funds from the Alberta Cancer Foundation, and in partnership with the Grande Prairie Regional Health Foundation and Northern Lights Health Foundation, the units will be managed by Screen Test, a provincial screening program run by Primary Care Alberta. This program aims to increase the number of women, aged 45 to 74, who receive regular breast cancer screening.
Since 1991, this vital program has performed over half a million mammograms in Alberta, detecting thousands of potential cancers. It serves upwards of 120 Rural and Indigenous communities across the province each year. In Alberta, one in seven women are expected to develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Getting screened regularly is the best way to find breast cancer early, when treatment has the best chance of working.
Fundraising for the new units is ongoing. Donations can be made by connecting with the Alberta Cancer Foundation.
Media Contact
Media ContactRoss Neitz
Media Relations Advisor, Alberta Cancer Foundation
ross.neitz@albertacancer.ca