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Mobile van offers high-tech mammography
12:08 PM PDT on Thursday, June 15, 2006
Inside the Swedish Breast Care Express, a mobile mammography center, Roberta Sandford screens as many as 30 women a day. She's heard all the excuses as to why women avoid getting mammograms. But the bottom line: there is no good excuse. KING The Swedish Breast Care Express screens up to 30 women a day. Mammograms can reveal tumors two years before they can be felt. Research suggests that the death rate from breast cancer could decrease dramatically (30 percent) if all women had yearly mammograms starting at age 40. Additional studies, just released, show digital mammograms are better than standard x-rays at detecting disease in younger women and those with dense breasts. Images are taken and stored on a computer rather than film. The Breast Care Express takes this technology a step further: digital pictures snapped taken at the mobile van are instantly transmitted via satellite to a medical center miles away. It's one of many new ways computers are aiding early detection. Gov. Gregoire's personal battle C.J. Taylor's lifelong fight against cancer A party to 'check your boobies' MRI detects breast cancer early Testing a vaccine for breast cancer Mobile van offers high-tech mammography Winning the battle, with genome science A support group for women of color The unbeatable spirit of Survivor SAKE
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