‘THEY GO THE
EXTRA MILE’ I A NEW BARNEGAT WOMEN’S CENTER PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING MAMMOGRAPHY.
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t was time for Lu Anne Duff to get her annual mammogram, and she had simple but firm criteria for the kind of experience she wanted. She felt the mammographer should be not only competent but also friendly and not so rushed that Duff might wonder if the exam had missed ALEXANDER KING, MD anything.
Lu Anne Duff was impressed when she received a mammogram at Community Medical Center’s new Lab and Women’s Imaging Center in Barnegat.
“I have breast cancer in my family, so I take my screenings very seriously,” says Duff, 66, a retired gift shop owner who lives in Whiting. “I had a business myself for many years, and we treated everybody like family. So for me, that’s a big thing.” Her gynecologist suggested she have her next mammogram at a recently opened screening facility: the Community Medical Center (CMC) Lab and Women’s Imaging Center in Barnegat. The center had just opened in October 2021 and was conveniently located right next door to
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