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The fight against breast cancer has a new ally: 3-D tomosynthesis.
This advanced imaging technology, now available at Methodist Richardson
Medical Center, offers radiologists a 3-D view of the breast, as opposed to the
2-D images seen by traditional digital mammography.
“Studies have shown that there is a 30 to 35 percent increase in the early
detection of breast cancers, especially in patients with dense breasts,” says
Thomas Johnson, MD, breast radiologist and medical director of women’s
imaging services at Methodist Richardson.
In fact, women with dense breasts, almost half of the female population,
are those who’ll benefit most from the tomosynthesis, Dr. Johnson says,
because the technology allows the radiologist to see through their dense
breast tissue.
While a 3-D tomosynthesis screening operates and feels like a normal
mammogram, the good news is that women — again, especially those with
dense breasts — will need fewer of them.
“Women are occasionally called back so we can do additional
mammography views from other angles,” Dr. Johnson says. “But with
tomosynthesis, we’ll be able to capture all those views on the first try.”
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Breast imaging goes 3-D
HOSPITAL NEWS
We’re growing again!
Methodist Richardson expands new
hospital less than a year after opening
Less than one year after opening Methodist Richardson
Medical Center’s new facility at President George Bush Highway
and Renner Road, the Methodist Health System board of
directors approved an $8 million expansion to increase the
number of patient beds at the hospital by 20 percent.
“This expansion is our immediate response to the
overwhelming use of our new hospital by our community and
physicians,” says Ken Hutchenrider Jr., FACHE, president,
Methodist Richardson. “Since it opened, we have been full,
and patient admissions have increased by 56 percent.
“Our medically advanced facility was designed with the
patient in mind — and it is evident, from continuous growth
and consistently high patient satisfaction scores, that we are
meeting and surpassing our community’s medical needs.”
Construction begins immediately to finish out an existing
medical unit shell on the hospital’s second floor. The expansion
will add 25 patient rooms for general medical and surgical care
by the end of the year.
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