RMH Adds Powerful New Tool in Fight for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

12/10/2008

RMH Adds GE Healthcare's Senographe® 2000D System

Riverton, Wyoming • This year in America, more than 212,920 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Today, Riverton Memorial Hospital advanced the fight against this pervasive disease by installing a new, state-of-the-art digital mammography system for its patients.

The Senographe 2000D Digital Mammography system from GE Healthcare provides physicians with clear and precise all-digital images, rather than images on X-ray film.

"This new and powerful technology helps physicians detect and diagnose breast cancer." says Rebecca Smith. "Digital systems such as the Senographe 2000D allow us to offer our patients state-of-the-art mammograms that are faster and easier than ever before. And it gives our referring physicians extremely accurate images to use in diagnosis."

In Wyoming, breast cancer will affect more than 300 women this year. Mammograms are among the best early detection methods, yet 13 million U.S. women 40 years of age or older have never had a mammogram, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

"This digital technology will provide both high-precision accuracy and increased ease of use for our patients," says Rebecca Smith.

"Providing the best diagnostic equipment possible to patients is a vital step to good preventive health, and one we take very seriously."

There are many advantages to a digital mammography system. The images are clear and easy to read, and it offers a better view of the breast, especially near the skin line, chest wall and in women with diverse breast tissue types. The digital image is ready to read within 10 seconds – there is no longer a wait for films to be developed to be sure the images are usable. Digital mammograms take as little as half the time of film. And if a second opinion is needed, the image can be sent electronically to a consulting physician virtually instantaneously.

To schedule a digital mammogram at Riverton Memorial Hospital, please call (307) 857-3462.