(Long Island, NY) Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonsalves, Nassau University Medical Center President and CEO, Dr. Victor F. Politi and cancer survivor and Executive Director of Hewlett House and President of 1 in 9, Geri Barish will kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with New York State’s only 3D Mammography Mobile Breast Cancer Facility Vehicle. on Friday, October 9, 2015 at 10:30 AM at the Westside Entrance of Nassau University Medical Center, located at 2201 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow. The vehicle will be hitting the road to test thousands of local residents for breast cancer. Long Island has one of the largest breast cancer rates in the State of New York
Offering the latest technology in breast cancer detection, the three-dimensional breast tomosynthesis is the most effective imaging procedure when performing a mammography. Proven to find cancers earlier, the 3D mammogram oftentimes cuts the number of call backs for the patients because it is more efficient at the way it’s imaging program works.
This technology allows the radiologist to look though the tissue to better identify suspicious lesions, as opposed to a 2D composite flat view. While the 3D breast tomosynthesis screening still compresses the breast like a traditional mammogram, it takes multiple images at different angles to create a view through slices in a 3D image, with results in less than 24 hours.
WHEN:
- Friday, October 9, 2015
10:30 A.M.
WHERE:
- Nassau University Medical Center
Westside (Carman Avenue) Entrance
2201 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, NY
