The Breast Cancer Screening Bus has been traveling the province since 1990 and since the last bus was purchased in 2002, has conducted more than 250,000 mammograms at rural and remote communities. However, it needs to be replaced, along with the mammography screening equipment. That’s why the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency and the Cancer Foundation of Saskatchewan have set a fundraising goal of $2-million by the end of March for a new bus and state-of-the-art screening equipment.

Foundation CEO, Nora Yeates, says accessing parts for repairs and maintenance on the old vehicle is challenging, meaning more time off the road, which then means less time for potentially life-saving breast cancer screening. Yeates emphasizes that early detection saves lives. The bus provides screening services in nearly 40 rural and remote communities across the province. Click here to donate.

Yeates estimates that 760 Saskatchewan women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and 170 will die from the disease. It’s the leading cause of cancer in women and the second leading cause of their death.