Digital Mammography
If breast cancer is detected early, before it spreads, 98 percent of diagnosed women will be alive five years later. Del Sol Medical Center is your healthcare advocate when it comes to early detection of breast cancer.
At Del Sol, we are committed to providing you with the most advanced technologies available today. That’s why we offer the Senograph® Essential full-field digital mammography system to our patients. It brings distinct advantages to the mammography suite including extremely precise and reliable visualization across the entire breast, resulting in improved productivity for radiologists.
The system carries forward powerful achievements; adding ergonomic advances for technologists, optimized patient comfort, seamless workflow connectivity, and the benefits of a detector well-suited to imaging patients of diverse shapes and sizes and excellent image quality for complete diagnostic confidence.
Patient Benefits
• Quick exams. Reduced times between exposures allows several exposures per minute. Cutting edge precision and intuitive operation means fast and more efficient exams with fewer retakes.
• Patient-friendly design. Flexible, off-centered, ergonomic paddles. Curved, comfortable design. Thoughtfully placed handles. Refined chest compression capabilities with automatic release option.
• Easy wheelchair access. Easier access to the system for patient and technologist.
• Narrow tube head for easy and relaxed patient positioning.
Relevant Statistics
• Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., exceeded only by heart disease.
• Breast cancer is second to lung cancer as the cause of cancer-related deaths among women
• In 2008, an estimated 182,460 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among women and an estimated 40,480 will die of this disease.
To make an appointment, please call 915-593-5108.