MARRERO, La. (WGNO)— LCMC Well being’s West Jefferson Girls’s Imaging and Breast Most cancers Care Middle is now the primary within the state of Louisiana to supply the brand new breast most cancers expertise, “SoftVue.”
With regards to breast most cancers, New Orleans resident Anne Babson isn’t taking any probabilities.
“I take breast most cancers extra severe as a result of my mom died of it. She died far too younger. She was identified with most cancers on the age I’m now,” Babson stated.
That’s why she is likely one of the first sufferers in Louisiana to ever be screened for breast most cancers with the brand new system.
SoftVue incorporates triple acoustic detection expertise, growing sensitivity by 20% and specificity by 8% in comparison with conventional mammography. This non-invasive system presents a extra comfy expertise with out radiation or compression, finishing the scan in 3-5 minutes per breast.
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“As an alternative of utilizing X-rays, we use ultrasound,” Dr. Michael D’Antonio, Chief Radiologist at West Jefferson Girls’s Imaging & Breast Most cancers Care Middle stated.
D’Antonio stated that ladies with dense breasts usually tend to develop most cancers. He additionally says SoftVue is healthier at detection than mammograms.
“It detects twice as many invasive cancers as mammograms for ladies with dense breasts. The advantage of SoftVue is that it’s extra particular,” he stated.
For sufferers like Babson, the 10-minute SoftVue screening is extra comfy than a mammogram.
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“The reality is it’s not painful, much less painful than a mammogram. I joked that it was the weirdest sizzling tub occasion that I’ve ever been to. There’s a water bathtub, one breast at a time with imaging, it truly is a sizzling tub occasion for breasts. I’ve by no means had bubbles round my breasts earlier than, however they had been life saving bubbles,” Babson stated.
Early detection is an important factor for ladies like her.
“This machine most likely would’ve saved my mom’s life. This new machine is an actual blessing for all of us,” Babson stated.
Docs say they plan to see 20 or extra sufferers every week with the brand new SoftVue breast most cancers expertise.
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SoftVue is a 3D entire breast ultrasound tomography system by Delphinus Medical Applied sciences.
In accordance with docs, roughly 40% of girls within the U.S. have dense breast tissue, which will increase their threat of breast most cancers.
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