NEW EQUIPMENT GOAL OF FUND-RAISING DRIVE.Byline: Tere Marshall Daily News Staff Writer Using the occasion of Breast Cancer Awareness Month to underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. their message of early detection, a group of health care providers launched their annual campaign Thursday to raise money for treatment equipment. Speaking at a news conference, radiologist radiologist /ra·di·ol·o·gist/ (ra?de-ol´ah-jist) a physician specializing in radiology. Radiologist Daniel Louis Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. described the $25,000 gamma probe, a diagnostic tool used to determine whether cancer is spreading that was purchased thanks to last year's fund-raising campaign Noun 1. fund-raising campaign - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising drive, fund-raising effort crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported , in addition to the equipment that could be bought if this year's campaign is as successful. ``The goal of purchasing this equipment is to maximize early detection of breast cancer and provide effective treatment in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. ,'' said Kirsch, a doctor at Valencia Imaging, which serves Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. With a goal of up to $50,000 for this year's campaign, officials hope to furnish four isolation rooms with special recliners, chair-beds and other amenities for the patients - and families - of those being treated for breast cancer. ``Plans for the coming year are to help with the comfort of cancer patients and their families during their stay in the hospital,'' said oncologist Evelyn Mendoza of the UCLA/Santa Clarita Cancer Center. ``It can be lengthy.'' For information on how to contribute, call Diana Vose, executive director of Fund Development at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, at (805) 253-8082. During the news conference at the Valencia Acura dealership, Kirsch also talked about Valencia Imaging's partnership with Picker International and Fuji Medical Systems, and their plans to invest $10 million to $12 million for imaging technologies and services over the next seven years. ``We have a full arsenal to work with,'' Kirsch said. ``And most patients can be cured of their breast cancer with early detection.'' Valencia Imaging has so far spent more than $4 million on MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. and CT-scanning equipment, new 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 and needle-extraction biopsy technologies, and an electronic imaging network system. |
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