Pink October meets CARIF & SDMCSJ

Recently I was in Sime Darby Medical Center Subang Jaya (formerly known as SJMC) and I saw this :

Speechless, NO?

So I went to this booth which was around the lobby / medicine collection area (right before lift lobby) to check things out (forgetting its Pink October).

It’s collaboration between CARIF (stands for Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation) and SDMCSJ for their Malaysian 1,000 Mammogram or My1000Mammo; I believe the tagline being More than a Mammo (I’m assuming because the branding in the leaflet is very confusing to me).

Basically speaking, you can now have a mammogram at only RM 50.00 as opposed to say, RM 230.00 when you participate in the My1000Mammo programme.

So how can you participate or know that you are eligible? If you are :

1) A Malaysian woman

2) 40 yrs and above

3) No personal history of breast cancer

4) Have not gone for a mammogram for the last 12 months

So what is the study about (I’m sure you are wondering)? It’s basically a Malaysian study to determine the impact of genes, lifestyle and breast density on breast cancer hence them recruiting 1,000 women for this purpose.

What do they need? They’re asking that :

1) You to donate small amount of blood

2) Complete a questionnaire about factors that relate to breast cancer

3) You have a mammogram at SDMCSJ

You don’t need a doctor’s referral for an appointment so call +603 5639 1340 now if you or your loved ones are interested and not just because it’s Pink October J.