{"id":253732,"date":"2026-10-02T12:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=253732"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:57:19","slug":"routine-mammograms-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/10\/routine-mammograms-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Routine Mammograms Save Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 43, Allison Clark discovered she had breast cancer through a routine mammogram\u2014only her third. In this breast cancer awareness segment on WFSB Great Day CT she shares her personal story and the importance of early detection, while UConn Health\u2019s Dr. Sunny Mitchell, director of the Breast Program  discusses breast cancer awareness, screening and treatment options.<\/p>\n<p>Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a reminder to make your health a priority, if you\u2019re due for a mammogram, schedule yours today but calling The Beekley Imaging Center at UConn Health at 860-679-3634 or at UConn Health Imaging at 860-670-2800. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breast Cancer Awareness Month: UConn Health Great Day CT\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71gbTJbVTWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 43, a routine mammogram changed Allison Clark\u2019s life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":253735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2230,2231,2672,2674,179,2295],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2209],"class_list":["post-253732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancer","category-health-well-being","category-healthcare-reimagined","category-patient-success","category-uconn-health","category-womens-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-09 23:21:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253732"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253739,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253732\/revisions\/253739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/253735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253732"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=253732"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=253732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}