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Taking Responsibility for\u00a0Your Own Breast Health<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of us\u00a0can appreciate the importance of earlier detection having\u00a0been touched by someone with\u00a0breast cancer. However, many\u00a0women remain\u00a0unaware about their own breast density and its potential for delayed cancer detection when using screening mammography alone. Breast density is a key risk factor for 40% of women and\u00a0should be carefully considered along with other major risk factors when\u00a0determining which screening procedures and intervals best meet their needs.<\/p>\n

Patients and their clinicians now have easier and earlier access to 3D automated breast ultrasound technology as a valuable adjunct to screening mammography, which can accurately\u00a0and safely\u00a0screen for breast cancer in dense breast tissue and provide very useful supplemental and comparative structural information over time.<\/p>\n

A Key to A Women\u2019s Health and Survival is Early Detection
\n<\/span><\/strong>Preview Breast Screening offers 3D Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) screening to individuals\u00a0starting as early as in their 20s, allowing for\u00a0safe and comfortable\u00a0screening for potential\u00a0breast tissue changes, especially in dense tissue. ABUS allows for earlier identification, localization, differentiation, sizing and characterization of\u00a0both\u00a0lower and higher risk abnormalities,\u00a0when they are smaller and easier to\u00a0resolve using less invasive treatments.<\/p>\n

ABUS is a SMART Choice for Safe, Gentle, and Accurate Breast Screening For All Women\u00a0– \u00a0No Referral Required!
\n<\/span><\/strong>ABUS is available to all individuals,\u00a0regardless of age, who seek a better understanding of\u00a0their own breast health, when earlier and easier\u00a0access to screening\u00a0are\u00a0important considerations for monitoring and proactive response to potential\u00a0concerns. \u00a0ABUS is safe and gentle for use by\u00a0younger, pregnant or\u00a0lactating women or anyone concerned about\u00a0cumulative radiation exposure and the heavier\u00a0compression of mammography. \u00a0It’s also useful for women with a surgical history of breast implants, post-operative or scarred breast tissue. Women can now proactively self-initiate ABUS screening as frequently as needed to supplement their mammography screening in order to optimize monitoring of any\u00a0breast tissue changes over time.<\/p>\n

ABUS is the Latest Technological Advancement in Breast Imaging
\n<\/span><\/strong>ABUS is the latest technological advancement in breast imaging from GE Healthcare. It’s the newest 3D automated ultrasound medical device exclusively developed and designed for breast screening which is FDA and Health Canada approved for use as an adjunct to\u00a0screening mammography. Although ABUS is most commonly accessed by participants of the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) with dense breasts seeking added surveillance, it’s also useful for proactive health-conscious women who fall outside the screening mammography guidelines for provincial health insurance coverage for various reasons. For instance, they may be too young or without a proven family history of breast cancer to access routine mammography screening.<\/p>\n

ABUS Delivers Exceptional Image\u00a0Quality for Accurate Interval Comparison
\n<\/span><\/strong>ABUS delivers exceptional 3D image quality using a large<\/span> automated scanning probe that virtually eliminates operator skill variability associated with handheld ultrasound technology. The system works by positioning a sheer disposable membrane gently on the breast after application of a conductive gel. With three sweeps of the scanning probe over each breast, hundreds of breast tissue image slices are automatically generated of the entire breast in just minutes. The\u00a0software creates 3D-reconstructed images\u00a0showing precise\u00a0anatomical detail of complex breast tissues and structures\u00a0for the radiologist to review and interpret. This is particularly useful for the radiologist who can now look through hundreds of breast tissue image “slices” back to the chest wall, virtually peeling back the layers of challenging dense breast tissue to visualize cancers, which may have been hidden by dense\u00a0tissue on a mammogram. ABUS 3D screening software allows for accurate interval comparison of the entire breast area over time, which incidentally is why handheld ultrasound is not approved for screening but rather for diagnostic spot-checking purposes primarily following a suspicious mammogram.<\/p>\n

Mammography Alone is Not Enough for Women with Dense Breasts
\n<\/span><\/strong>ABUS is not meant as a replacement of mammography for screening, but rather as an adjunct to help detect and differentiate smaller tumours particularly in women with\u00a0dense tissue who are at an increased risk for breast cancer.\u00a0In women with dense tissue, there is an increased risk of undetected cancer lesions when using mammography alone. \u00a0The detection rate of smaller than 1 cm size cancer lesions is increased 50% by ABUS, to that of mammography alone.\u00a0Supplementing mammography with ABUS can significantly increase detection rates making treatment programs more successful after having been initiated sooner. Consequently, many women with higher breast density and\u00a0repeatedly\u00a0normal (negative) screening mammography findings are choosing ABUS for added surveillance to help minimize the potential for interval cancers being detected between screening exams. Interval cancer rate, sensitivity, and specificity are measures of the diagnostic accuracy of a test. Maintaining a high sensitivity and therefore a low rate of interval cancer is integral to the success of any screening test. A high specificity is also desirable as it reflects the ability of a test to accurately identify cases that are not cancer, therefore reducing the number of false-positive cases. To learn more\u00a0about the importance of knowing your breast density and the advantages\u00a0of supplementing mammography screening with ABUS go to (www.densebreastscanada.ca<\/a><\/span>)\u00a0.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Taking Responsibility for\u00a0Your Own Breast Health Most of us\u00a0can appreciate the importance of earlier detection having\u00a0been touched by someone with\u00a0breast cancer. However, many\u00a0women remain\u00a0unaware about their own breast density and its potential for delayed cancer detection when using screening mammography alone. Breast density is a key risk factor for 40% of women and\u00a0should be carefully […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100000,"featured_media":280,"parent":9,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/100000"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":115,"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/1056"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/previewbreastscreening.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}