NEW CANCER DEVICE HERE.Byline: - Daily News GLENDALE - A new mammogram mammogram /mam·mo·gram/ (mam´o-gram) a radiograph of the breast. mam·mo·gram n. An x-ray image of the breast produced by mammography. screening tool that may aid in the early detection of breast cancer is now available at Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. , the first hospital in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County to offer it, officials said Thursday. The computerized device, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1998, analyzes mammographic images for suspicious lesions that may otherwise go undetected, hospital officials said. Studies show that 20 to 40 percent of breast cancer cases are overlooked during 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 screenings. Breast cancer can be difficult to identify in its early stages because of the complex anatomy of breast tissue, said Robert McKay, director of diagnostic radiology at the hospital. |
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