Text Box: Breast Cancer Facts: Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in one or both breasts.  Breast Cancer usually develops in the ducts or lobules of the breast.  It is the most common cancer in women in the United States, and, after lung cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in women.  According to the American Cancer Society, over 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and approximately 40,000 women die from the disease each year.* African-American women have a slightly lower incidence of breast cancer after age 40 than Caucasian women, but they have a slightly higher incidence rate of breast cancer before age 40.  However, African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer.  Breast cancer is much less common in males.  It’s estimated that about 1,600 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year.* Mammography is the best screening tool available today for breast cancer. *Source:  American Cancer Society Facts and Figures, 2005 Text Box: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Month Text Box: September 2007

Text Box: Volume I, Issue 2

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providing quality subspecialty imaging services
to the communities of Pittsburgh North

 

Services Provided:

· Open Bore MRI/MRA

· Digital Mammography

· CT/CTA

· Ultrasound

· X-Ray

· Nuclear Medicine

· Bone Densitometry (DEXA)

· Cardiac Nuclear Medicine

 

Text Box: Allegheny Imaging of McCandless, LLC 9335 McKnight Road Pittsburgh, PA  15237   providing quality subspecialty imaging services to the communities of Pittsburgh North   Services Provided: · Open Bore MRI/MRA · Digital Mammography · CT/CTA · Ultrasound · X-Ray · Nuclear Medicine · Bone Densitometry (DEXA) · Cardiac Nuclear Medicine  

Text Box: Allegheny Imaging of McCandless, LLC              9335 McKnight Road          Pittsburgh, PA  15237          (412) 367-SCAN (7226)

Text Box: It’s estimated that more than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the US each year. Mammography is the best screening tool available today for breast cancer.

Text Box: Yearly Mammography Recommended by the American Cancer Society Text Box: The American Cancer Society (ACS) has written guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer in women who don’t have symptoms of breast cancer.  The ACS recommends the following: Mammogram.  Women 40 years and older should have a screening mammogram every year.  Mammography is a technique that uses X-rays to provide an image of the breast.  During a mammogram, your breast is placed between two plates and compressed as the x-ray is taken.  You  may feel some discomfort as the plates press on the breast, but this will only last a few seconds.  At Allegheny Imaging of McCandless, we use digital mammography.  This means that the images can be uploaded and sent instantly for review via computer to a radiologist who specializes in

Text Box: breast imaging at Allegheny General Hospital.  This process helps to expedite the handling of your mammography, resulting in you receiving your results sooner.  There is also evidence that digital mammography may be better than standard mammograms at detecting cancer, possibly because the digital images can be viewed in different ways [1-3]; they can be lightened or darkened and/or certain sections can be magnified if needed.  Computer-assisted detection (CAD) can also help radiologists locate suspicious area on digital mammogram.  In CAD, software analyzes the images and highlights any areas that should be looked at further. (Mammography  Con’t pg. 2)    

Text Box: Allegheny General Hospital Radiologists Dr. William R. Poller and Dr. Arlene Baratz consult together on mammography.

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