Bartell Drugs and Evergreen Hospital Medical Center will bring the Evergreen Mobile Mammography Coach to area Bartell Drugs stores this fall. The coach, equipped to provide the same digital mammograms women receive in hospital and clinic settings, will be open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The coach dates and locations are: Sept. 16 at the Factoria store, 3620 Factoria Blvd. SE; Oct. 22 at Bellevue Village, 10116 NE Eighth St.; Oct. 25 at Crossroads, 653 156th Ave. NE; and Nov. 8 at Midlakes, 11919 NE Eighth St.

Walk-ins will be welcomed, or appointments made be made by calling 425-899-2831 or going to www.evergreenhospital.org/mammography. Women need to bring picture identification and a current insurance card. Mammograms usually take about 20 minutes from registration to farewell.

Each mammography patient will receive the Bartell Drugs Flu Shop Coupon Book with coupons valued at $140.

Evergreen Hospital endorses the American Cancer Society breast health guidelines which recommend a baseline (first) mammogram by age 40 and annual mammograms thereafter. Screening mammograms are appropriate for women who are not experiencing any symptoms such as a palpable lump or pain or who are being followed because of a previous finding.

Breast cancer, which affects one in eight women, is the most common cancer among Americans after skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death for women.