NASSAU COUNTY TO UNVEIL FIRST EVER 3D MOBILE BREAST CANCER DETECTION CLINIC
Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP
President/CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2014
PRESS CONTACT:
516-572-6055
NASSAU COUNTY TO UNVEIL FIRST EVER 3D MOBILE BREAST CANCER DETECTION CLINIC
East Meadow, NY (October 2, 2014) – Nassau County Presiding Officer Norma L. Gonzalves, Nassau County 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 be unveiling New York State’s ONLY state-of-the-art 3D mammography Mobile Breast Cancer Clinic Friday (tomorrow) at 11:00 AM at the front entrance of Nassau University Medical Center at 2201 Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow, NY.
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 its 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.
GREAT VISUAL DEMONSTRATIONS
WHEN: Friday October 3, 2014
11:00 AM
WHERE: Nassau University Medical Center
FRONT ENTRANCE
2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554
MEDICAL EXPERTS, CANCER ADVOCATES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LATEST LAWS & BREAST CANCER STATISTICS
NUMC President and CEO, Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP
NUMC Chairman, Department of Radiology & Acting Chief Medical Officer, Victor Scarmato, MD
Cancer Survivor; Executive Director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9, Geri Barish
Nassau University Medical Center is Nassau County’s premier Level One Trauma Center. The Department of Radiology at Nassau University Medical Center, a team of diagnostic, interventional and therapeutic radiologists and radiological technologists use precise doses of radiation to both detect problems and provide 21st Century cures. Visit www.nuhealth.net