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This new service utilizes a state-of-the-art MRI machine and other advanced equipment to aid in the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.
Women who have a 20 percent or higher lifetime risk of breast cancer benefit from this new service.
Breast MRI is used to stage breast cancer and determine treatment, view areas of concern/lumps/questionable tisssue/etc., found through mammography or ultrasound, and check breast implants for leaks and/or ruptures.
Joni Fields, Director of Radiology at Pikeville Medical Center, said, "This service allows Pikeville Medical Center to close the gap between early detection and effective treatment. We are able to look deeper into the breast tissue and hopefully detect cancer in its early stages."
New state-of-the-art technology offering advanced computer graphics for visualization is being used by physicians at PMC to read breast MRI images.
Talk with your physician to determine if you are a candidate for breast MRI.