Governor Cuomo Launches Statewide Grassroots Campaign to Highlight New Breast Cancer Screening Initiatives and the Importance of Early Detection : longisland

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Governor Cuomo Launches Statewide Grassroots Campaign to Highlight New Breast Cancer Screening Initiatives and the Importance of Early Detection

Governor Cuomo Launches Statewide Grassroots Campaign to Highlight New Breast Cancer Screening Initiatives and the Importance of Early Detection

Albany, NY - September 16, 2016 - Today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched a grassroots campaign to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screenings and the newly expanded hours at more than 200 hospitals and clinics statewide.The new statewide campaign, part of the "Get Screened, No Excuses" initiative, comes on the heels of the legislation the Governor signed in June to eliminate barriers to regular checkups and mammograms, which make early detection possible and ensure treatment can begin when it is most effective, and builds on the Governor's series of breast cancer initiatives, outlined in the 2016 State of the State Address."Early detection is the best way to beat breast cancer," Governor Cuomo said."When breast cancer touched our family, we made it a mission to help ensure no New Yorker had to experience the anguish, anxiety and uncertainly that we did.