Kinney Drugs, Cancer Services Program promote awareness of free cancer screenings

GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. Kinney Drugs will work with Cancer Services Program partnerships to educate the public on how uninsured people can obtain cancer screenings, the retail pharmacy chain announced Monday.

Staff of the partnerships will be at 44 Kinney Drugs stores during the week of March 2 to discuss getting free, age-appropriate breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screenings for men and women.

"The goal is to increase awareness of the free cancer screenings available to men and women who meet criteria set forth by the Cancer Service Program," Kinney marketing manager Penny Perrone-Gray said in a statement. "We want the people in our communities to know how important it is to be screened for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer and to understand how early detection can save lives." 

After skin cancers, breast cancer is the leading cancer among women in the state of New York, while more than 3,800 men and women in the state die of colorectal cancer each year.