There are three types of screenings for early detection of breast cancer;
- breast self exams, completed by you on a monthly bases,
- clinical exams, a hand palpitation of the breast area performed by a clinician or provider on an annual bases and mammography, and
- an X-Ray of the breast.
Black women have been known to develop cancer at much earlier ages the women of other ethnicities or cultures, therefore Black Women for Wellness recommends that women should start breast self exams and clinical exams as early as age 20, and have a baseline mammography by age 40.
Clinical Breast Exams and Mammograms
Forum Medical Group
3831 Stocker Street
Los Angeles, CA 90008
323-291-6234 call for appt.
Hubert H. Humphrey Comprehensive
Women’s Medical Clinic
5850 S. Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90003
323-846-4312
Martin Luther King M.A.C.C
12021 S. Wilmington Ave
Los Angeles, Ca 90059
310-668-3431
South Bay Family Health Care
Administration
23430 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 210 Torrance, CA 90505
(310) 802-6170 Call for appt
Four (4)-clinic locations
info {AT} sbclinic.org
T.H.E Clinic Inc.
3834 S. Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90062
Phone: 323-730-1920 call for appt
www.theclinicinc.org
Westside Family Health Center
1711 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-450-2191
www.wfhcenter.org
Did you know that Black Women for Wellness is a member of United Way? At your place of employment, simply specify that your deductions be directed to Black Women for Wellness. Here is some information about the United Way also.
Good Samaritan Hospital
1225 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-977-2121
Must have a doctors referral
Dr. referral number is 1-800-336-8338
or come thru emergency room and ask for Fast Track
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Treatment Center
1441 Eastlake Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: 323-865-3108 new patient referral #
Accepts private INS or must be a medi-medi client or medicare/medical
LAC-USC
1983 Morengo
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: 323-226-2622
All new patients must come in thru emergency room
St. Mary’s Medical Center
1050 Linden Ave
Long Beach, CA 90813
562-432-0079 women’s clinic
Call and they can refer you to a clinic. Once you are diagnosed, you can get treatment here
City of Hope
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Phone: 800-826-4673 dial option 1
www.cityofhope.org
Must get diagnosis first from a clinic or primary care physician
Holistic/Complementary
Cancer Control Society
2043 N Berendo
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: 323-663-7801
www.cancercontrolsociety.com
Their perspective is from an alternative therapy and nutritional approach to cancer and other disease. Leave your name and number and Loraine Rosenthal will call you back.
Lotus on the Nile
4307 S. Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone: 323-295-6887
www.lotusonthenile.com
The Tao of Wellness
1131 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone 310-917-2200
www.taoofwellness.com
Village Health Foundation
4075 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
323-733-0471
www.villagehealthfoundation.org
Advocacy groups are the front line in keeping affordable accessible and appropriate services in the community. They track policy, funding, hospital mergers and how women as patients and clients are treated when approaching these facilities. Support Groups form loving circles around women who must walk down the path of cancer treatment, they are the women who have been there, done that and lived to tell and help others. They often will hold your hand through treatment and speak about the treatment issues and challenges medical providers forget to mention. Should you (or a friend) need a support/advocacy group try the following:
Advocacy and Survivor Support Groups
Sisters Breast Cancer Survivor Network
Mailing address
125 W. 84th Place
Los Angeles, CA 90003
Phone: 323-759-0200
www.survivorsofbreastcancer.org
