Mobile Health Unit

Hollings Mobile Health Unit truck parked on a college campus with the stairs out so people can enter the unit

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center launched its new, state-of-the-art Mobile Health Unit in 2022 to continue its mission to provide cancer screening and education services to communities designated as the most medically underserved in South Carolina.

The Mobile Health Unit provides breast and cervical cancer screenings.

Hollings has provided this service for more than 20 years, partnering with Federally Qualified Health Centers, churches, community centers, and employers. The Mobile Health Unit travels to destinations in all 46 counties across the state.

The new unit features 3D tomosynthesis mammography equipment that provides the latest in imaging technology. Improved imaging can be especially important for women at high risk of breast cancer and those women who have dense breast tissue, which can make detecting breast cancer early on more difficult.

In partnership with South Carolina's Best Chance Network, Hollings’ Mobile Health Unit is one of the state’s largest providers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program Best Chance Network, providing services to uninsured and underinsured women meeting specific eligibility criteria. Health professionals on board the Mobile Health Unit provide targeted, evidenced-based educational resources about cancer prevention and awareness, including tobacco cessation counseling and referral for those patients who are interested. 

Appointments are required for patients of the Mobile Health Unit. In order to schedule the unit, you must have a minimum of 20 confirmed patients. Those interested in booking the Mobile Health Unit should call 843-792-0878 or send an email to hccoutreachservices@musc.edu.

Mobile Health Unit Events

Please call 843-792-0878 to schedule an appointment for one of the following dates.

May 2025

  • May 29 - New Beginning’s Kingdom Assemblies - Mount Pleasant

June 2025

  • June 9 - Love Assembly Worship Center - Greeleyville
  • June 12 - Town of Hollywood - Hollywood
  • June 16 - St. Andrews AME Church - Andrews
  • June 25 - Greater St. John AME - Andrews
  • June 30 - St. Stephen Seventh Day Adventist Church - St. Stephen

July 2025

  • July 18 - Church of Christ (Azalea Drive) - North Charleston
  • July 22 - DPH Charleston County - Mount Pleasant
  • July 24 - DPH Beaufort County - Beaufort
  • July 30 - DPH Berkeley County - Moncks Corner

August 2025

  • Aug. 5 - DPH Jasper County - Ridgeland
  • Aug. 11 - DPH Dorchester County - Summerville
  • Aug. 26 - Palmetto Goodwill - Johns Island

September 2025

  • Sept. 8 - Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church - North Charleston
  • Sept. 12 - Church House of Ministries - Ladson
  • Sept. 23 - DPH Goose Creek - Goose Creek

October 2025

  • Oct. 2 - First See Wee Missionary Baptist Church - Awendaw
  • Oct. 8 - DPH Charleston County - North Charleston
  • Oct. 9 - New Beginning’s Kingdom Assemblies - Mount Pleasant
  • Oct. 16 - Emmanuel Baptist Church - James Island
  • Oct. 20 - Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church - North Charleston
  • Oct. 30 - DPH Hampton County - Varnville
  • Oct. 31 - Hudson Nissan - North Charleston

November 2025

  • Nov. 3 - Town of Hollywood - Hollywood

December 2025

  • Dec. 4 - Palmetto Goodwill - Johns Island
  • Dec. 9 - DPH Summerville - Summerville
  • Dec. 11 - DPH Beaufort - Bluffton
 

Screening services

Breast health

  • Clinical breast exam
  • Mammogram

Cervical health

  • Pap smear

Education services

  • Cancer prevention
  • Self-screening instruction
  • Tobacco cessation