New Breast Cancer Screening Methods at UChicago Medicine

I Did read they’re trying to do mammograms with the scan rotating around the breast instead of the plates. But I just had a mamo two days ago and it was much better!! The awful steel plates with the corners are gone and it took ten minutes or so instead of a half hour

There’s still pressure but she did breathing with me and it didn’t seem as bad as I thought it would be. She said I’m so skinny my ribs get bruised from being pushed into the scanner.

Did you see at UAB in Birmingham, AL they've got a new one for radiation that gives you weeks worth of treatments in milliseconds

Oh about those scans and my cancer I can attest not flat like a pancake and they positioned me I didn't have to take my nipple piercings out until I got a full MRI for the trial I am in. Heck they let me leave all the others in that is a big plus. They were great they helped me get them out - the lady I worked with had a lip piercing and was totally cool throwing on some gloves and helping. It was a mess for a minute before she got there. Neither I or my spouse could get out my barbells unscrewed.

Did they still have to smash your breast into a pancake.

Jennifer i wish they had it at my hospital, i have had cancer in both breast in the last 3 years these mammograms are killing me. Im sore fir weeks afterwards. I just hate them. With all the new technology you would think they could do better.

Thank you for sharing this valuable resource about the advances in breast cancer screening at UChicago Medicine. It's encouraging to see how technology continues to improve the screening experience, making procedures more comfortable while maintaining accuracy. These developments in mammography, biopsy techniques, and MRI technology can help make early detection more accessible and less stressful for patients.