BREAST HEALTH GOES DIGITAL IN BURBANK.Byline: - Jaime Spangrude Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. has opened a state-of-the-art Breast Health Center that uses the latest equipment in the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The Burbank facility offers the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's only all-digital mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her , officials say, as well as full-body osteoporosis screenings, minimally invasive breast diagnostic tools and breast MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. , as well as prevention and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . The center, which held a grand-opening celebration this past Saturday, serves women throughout the San Fernando, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and San Gabriel valleys, as well as Orange County. ``It's amazing,'' says Katherine Guthrie, the center's administrator. ``Since we went with completely digital equipment, radiologists can see calcifications in the breast that they wouldn't have seen on analogs. The images have striking detail and clarity, which means there's less images to be taken on the woman and less radiation they have to endure.'' Guthrie said the new center will help the hospital maintain its successful breast cancer survival rate, and its 88 percent breast-preservation rate (the national average of 57 percent). The center is at 201 S. Buena Vista St., Suite 200, Burbank. To make an appointment for a screening or to tour the facility, call (818) 847-4999. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The new Breast Health Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank offers the very latest technology. |
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