 If you're over 50, get a colonoscopy
• Ask your doctor or other health provider to screen you for colon cancer.
To get checked for colon cancer:
If you have a regular medical care provider, ask them to help you make an appointment to get checked for colon cancer.
If you do not have a regular medical care provider or insurance plan, call 311 to learn more about free and low cost colon cancer screening.
Or, call any of these facilities to learn more and make an appointment:
Manhattan
Bellevue Hospital Center
462 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016
For appointments call (212) 562-4384
Harlem Hospital Center
506 Lenox Avenue
New York, New York 10037
For appointments call (212) 939-8400
Metropolitan Hospital Center
1901 First Avenue
New York, New York 10029
For appointments call (212) 423-6881
Queens
Elmhurst Hospital Center
79-01 Broadway
Elmhurst, New York 11373
For appointments call (718) 334-1900
Queens Hospital Center
82-70 164th Street
Jamaica, New York 11432
For appointments call (718) 883-3177
Bronx
North Central Bronx
3424 Kossuth Avenue
Bronx, New York 10467
For appointments call (718) 519-4943
Jacobi Medical Center
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Bronx, New York 10461
For appointments call (718) 918-5025/(718) 918-5648
Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
234 East 149th Street
Bronx, New York 10451
For appointments call (718) 579-5000 ext 5994
Brooklyn
Coney Island Hospital
2601 Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11235
For appointments call (718) 616-5516
Kings County Hospital Center
451 Clarkson Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11203
For appointments call (718) 245-4401
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center
760 Broadway
Brooklyn, New York 11206
For appointments call (718) 963-7936/(718) 963-6865
To learn more about colon cancer:
American Cancer Society (ACS)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_1x.asp?dt=10
Cancer Research and Prevention Fund
http://www.preventcancer.org/colorectal/ages/colonoscopy.cfm.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorectal/
NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC)
http://home2.nyc.gov/html/hhc/html/feature/coloncancer.shtml
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/cancer/cancercolon.shtml
NYS Department of Health (NYS DOH)
http://www.health.state.ny.us/statistics/cancer/registry/abouts/colorectal.htm |
