Altru's Breast Center specialists offer the highest quality of care and advanced technologies in the early detection of 乳腺癌. Altru's mammography facility is certified by the FDA and has received accreditation from the American College of Radiology meeting MQSA standards.
筛选 & 诊断技术
Altru's breast radiologists use the latest technologies for screening and diagnosing 乳腺癌 including digital & 3D乳房x光摄影，超声波和乳房核磁共振成像.
数字 & 3 d乳房x光检查
Mammograms are one of the best screening technologies used to detect 乳腺癌.
您的乳房x光检查将包括:
- An assessment of your 乳腺癌 risk, including your personal, family and medical history
- Following interpretation of your mammogram by a radiologist, a written report will be sent to your primary care provider
- As well as a letter sent to you with your mammogram results including follow-up recommendations.
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超声波
超声波 is a very useful tool in the early detection of 乳腺癌 and is often used to help interpret a mammogram or help in the evaluation of a breast lump or finding on physical examination.
Most often it is used to help determine cystic (or fluid filled) masses from solid masses.
Altru’s ultrasound department works in close collaboration with the breast center physicians and mammography technologists.
Altru's ultrasound department is accredited through the American College of Radiology.
乳房核磁共振成像
奥特鲁的乳房中心提供1.5特斯拉磁铁和专用乳房线圈, which is used to obtain images of the breasts after the patient receives an intravenous contrast injection. 根据病人的个人和家族病史, breast MRI may be recommended in select patients where it is used as an adjunct screening tool to mammography for the early detection of 乳腺癌. 另外, 在一组选定的病人中, 由医生决定的, MRI may also be used as a diagnostic or problem-solving test.
筛查常见问题
为什么要接受筛查?
Numerous studies have shown that getting a mammogram and a breast exam reduces the risk of dying from 乳腺癌. Breast cancers found during a mammogram are more likely to be smaller and still confined to the breast. Finding 乳腺癌 early can improve the chances that 乳腺癌 can be treated successfully and with more treatment options, 小范围手术, 并最终, 更好的治疗效果.
哪些人应该接受筛查?
从40岁开始, women should have a conversation with their primary care provider about screening mammograms. Your provider can discuss your options and review your personal risk and if beginning these screenings is right for you. Women ages 50-74 should have a screening for 乳腺癌 with mammography annually. All women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and should report any breast change promptly to their doctor or nurse. 乳房自检(BSE) 是20多岁开始的女性的选择吗.
乳腺活检及抽吸
Altru's Breast Center routinely performs hundreds of image guided biopsy procedures annually. 中心例行进行立体定向手术, ultrasound and MRI guided biopsies to aid in the detection and diagnosis of both benign (non-cancerous) breast findings and 乳腺癌. 超声波-guided biopsies are accredited through the American College of Radiology.
在乳房活检中会发生什么?
- 病人 will want to arrive to Altru’s Breast Center in loose and comfortable clothing. While it is always welcome and may be comforting to have a loved one or friend accompany you to and from a breast procedure, 没有必要. In fact, the majority of the patients come to their procedure appointment alone.
- 首先也是最重要的, our goal is to keep our patients comfortable and relaxed throughout the biopsy procedure. 病人 will be accompanied throughout the procedure by one of our skilled professional staff.
- 在进行活检之前, the patient will meet with the performing physician to discuss the procedure and answer any questions that they may have with regards to the procedure.
- A breast biopsy is performed using a sterile technique and local numbing anesthesia. The biopsy equipment is guided to the correct location by using either mammogram (stereotactic) images, 超声或核磁共振. 一旦确定了合适的位置, multiple samples are taken through a single small skin nick or incision. Typically, a tiny biopsy clip or marker is placed at the site where the biopsy was performed. The marker is used to identify where samples were taken from and, 以防需要切除更多的组织, the clip would then mark the area for additional removal. Follow up mammogram images are often performed so that the performing physician can see the biopsy site and the clip. The patients are sent home with both verbal and detailed written instructions as to how to care for the biopsy site.
- Biopsy samples are evaluated by a pathologist at Altru, and patients can expect to receive results directly within two to three business days.
