{"id":73883,"date":"2016-10-08T07:49:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T11:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73883"},"modified":"2016-10-06T22:53:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T02:53:33","slug":"mohawk-valley-health-system-offers-life-saving-3d-mammography-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=73883","title":{"rendered":"Mohawk Valley Health System Offers Life-Saving 3D Mammography Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dsc_9152_edited\"<\/a>The Mohawk Valley Health System Imaging Center, located in the Utica Business Park, now offers life-saving 3D mammograms, or breast tomosynthesis. MVHS uses GE SenoClaire 3D Breast Tomosynthesis Imaging, which means that patients no longer need to travel outside our area for access to this advanced technology.<\/p>\n

Breast tomosynthesis uses a low-dose, short x-ray sweep to project images that are processed electronically to reconstruct a 3D representation of the entire breast. This technology can detect small cancers that digital mammograms may miss and is beneficial to younger women and women with dense breast tissue.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the MVHS Imaging Center performed more than 14,500 mammograms. Approximately twenty-seven percent of those patients have dense breast tissue. While this technology is not recommended for all patients, it can provide life-saving information, particularly for women with dense breast tissue.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 3D mammography machine benefits our community,” said Laura Borgos, MD, FACS, breast surgeon and director of the Breast Program at MVHS. “It has been shown to increase detection of small tumors and provide better imaging for women with dense breast tissue. It is quickly becoming the standard in mammography.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Imaging Center, located at 106 Business Park Drive in the Utica Business Park, has board-certified radiologists and registered and certified mammography and ultrasound technologists. The radiologists have undergone specialized training in advanced breast imaging.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new technology offers our patients a more sensitive and more specific screening for breast cancer, and enables us to improve upon the care that we offer to the women of our community,\u201d said Dr. Nancy Shaheen, a radiologist at the Imaging Center.<\/p>\n

Designated by the American College of Radiology (ACR), our Imaging Center is proud to be a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. The ACR bases this designation on several factors, which include the passing of a rigorous breast imaging accreditation program. The Imaging Center partners with the MVHS Cancer Center to provide care and services to patients diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Breast Patient Navigator Program
\n<\/strong>Korinn Chaffee, BSN, RN, OCN, CN-BN, a nationally certified breast patient navigator, guides and supports patients through the continuum of care. She addresses the physical and psychological needs of our patients through education and support, every step of the way. This team approach ensures coordinated care from the time of diagnosis, through treatment and into survivorship.<\/p>\n

Breast Care Program
\n<\/strong>The MVHS Breast Care Program is the only local program that provides patients access to an interdisciplinary team approach to their breast care. Breast surgeon Laura Borgos, MD, FACS, joined the surgical team with Drs. Sperling, Williams and Max, and Debra Walz, AOCNP, MS, RN, STAR\/C, WHNP-BC, the program\u2019s women\u2019s health and oncology nurse practitioner, recently earned her registered nurse first assistant certification. This allows Debra to accompany patients into the operating room and work closely alongside the surgeons performing the patient\u2019s procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mohawk Valley Health System Imaging Center, located in the Utica Business Park, now offers life-saving 3D mammograms, or breast tomosynthesis. MVHS uses GE SenoClaire 3D Breast Tomosynthesis Imaging, which means that patients no longer need to travel outside our area for access to this advanced technology. Breast tomosynthesis uses a low-dose, short x-ray sweep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jdF","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/DSC_9152_edited.jpg?fit=3264%2C4928&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}