b'Every stepof the wayArlene Allen, RN, Patient Navigator (left) with patient ReShana Fink (right)The Cancer Services Program of Suffolk County at Peconic Bay Medical Center helps break down barriers to care.When ReShana Fink, 43, was diagnosedtreatments they may need onceour case and nurse managers, said with breast cancer, she was worrieddiagnosed. Ms. OConnor. They have helped about how she would manage her careher through her diagnosis and her without health insurance. Luckily, theWe help patients scheduletreatment.New York State Department of Healthsappointments, get transportation, Cancer Services Program of Suffolkand anything else they may need toMs. Fink, who has undergone surgery County at Peconic Bay Medical Centerget through whats really a cascadeand chemotherapy and is now starting stepped in to help. of services required for diagnosis anda radiation regimen, said she is finally then treatment, she said. Early cancerfeeling more like herself again. She They were my advocates every step ofdetection makes such a difference toadded she is grateful to the cancer the way, said the Riverhead resident.outcomesand we want to make sureservices team for such caring assistance.They were really on top of everything our patients are getting those important helping me manage things I didnt evenscreenings. They made me feel so cared about, realize I needed to manage. she said. They were always checking in She added that Ms. Fink is someone whowith me, letting me know who I needed Maureen OConnor, director of thehas touched every part of the programto contact. I made my own decisions but Suffolk County breast, cervical, and from screening to treatment. they laid out all the options for me. Im colorectal screening and diagnosticso grateful to them for that.program, said the program is in placeWe provided her with access to a to help assist with any barriers patientsclinical breast exam and mammogramFor more information contact Cancer may face in order to get screeningsat no cost to her, paid by the program.Services Program of Suffolk County at for these cancers, payment-relatedAfter the doctors found an abnormalityPeconic Bay Medical Center ator otherwise, as well as to get thein her screening, she was referred to631-548-63204'