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This week, a bright pink fire truck and crew will be parked outside the three low-level hospitals at Roper St. Francis Healthcare. The emergency truck does not have the alarm, but rather a visual reminder of Roper's commitment to fighting breast cancer.
Pink Fire Truck will be in the following facilities from 10:00 to 14:00.
- Tuesday, October 16 – Roper Hospital, 316 Calhoun Street, Downtown Charleston
- Wednesday, October 17 – St. Francis Mount Pleasant Roper Hospital 3500 N, Highway 17, Mount Pleasant
- Friday, October 19 – Roper St. Francis Cancer Center, St. Francis Bon Secours Hospital Campus, 2085 Henry Tecklenburg Drive, West Ashley
Roper St. Francis Healthcare is leading the fight against breast cancer with several innovative approaches to care and research that go well beyond Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. They are accredited by the National Program of Accreditation of Breast Centers. Roper's favorable results and five-year survival rates exceed national and local benchmarks.
Roper St. Francis offers many cancer treatment options, including clinical trials and genetic evaluation, a multidisciplinary cancer team assessment, flight nurses, massage therapy and exercise, dietitians, workers social centers and a healing center.
Roper experts:
- Breast cancer affects one in eight women in the United States.
- Most women with breast cancer do not have a family history of breast cancer.
- Systematic screening mammography uses much less radiation than a medium chest radiograph and is the most important tool for early detection of cancer.
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