Mammograms
First and Foremost,
Get A Mammogram.
Mammography screening reduced breast cancer deaths by 63 percent during a recent study by the American Cancer Society.
It is recommended that women get a mammogram every year beginning at age 40. If you have risk factors, including close family members who have had breast cancer, talk to your physician about beginning mammograms at an earlier age.
Don’t wait to get your mammogram – whether it’s traditional film mammography or a digital mammogram. The sooner you get your mammogram, the sooner we can confront any problems.
Get Advanced Digital Mammography
At Women’s Health Care
Women’s Health Care has the latest digital technology and a team of leading physicians and staff who partner to meet health care needs in every stage of a woman’s life.
Digital mammograms and other diagnostic procedures are available at Women’s Health Care, where you can often schedule your mammogram and your physician’s appointment on the same day.
More About Digital Mammography
What’s the difference between traditional and digital mammography?
Traditional and digital mammography both use x-rays, and they both use the same type of x-ray system. The difference: Traditional mammography creates and stores breast images on film. Digital mammography uses a digital receptor and a computer to capture and store breast images.
Traditional mammograms are still used as an effective tool in the detection of breast cancer. But improvements in digital mammography have moved this technology ahead in some areas.
Are there benefits to digital mammography?
Major clinical studies and the use of digital mammography in doctor’s offices show there are some benefits to this technology:
- In a major 2005 study* digital mammography found up to 28% more cancers than traditional mammography in women under 50
- The dose of radiation received during digital mammography is an average of 22 percent lower than that received during traditional mammography**
- Digital mammography is especially effective for women with dense breasts and women who are pre- or post-menopausal*
- Digital mammography is faster and therefore speeds the screening process
- “Spot view” digital mammography aids in more accurate breast biopsies
- The digital image can be enhanced for more accurate detection
- Digital images can be transferred electronically for consultation with other physicians
* ACRIN-DMIST Study (American College of Radiology Imaging Network-Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial 2005); 49,528 participants.
** ACRIN-DMIST Study (American College of Radiology Imaging Network-Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial 2009); 5,102 participants.
Time for your mammogram?
Call the Breast Center at 812.842.4995 to get an appointment for a screening. You do not need a doctor’s order to schedule your mammogram appointment.
