In keeping with our status as a premier breast imaging center, we have become the first facility in the Pittsburgh tri-state region to offer Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI). BSGI is a new breast imaging test that can help diagnose early breast cancers and, in some instances, prevent unnecessary breast biopsies.
One of our patients wrote a very kind letter describing her positive experience with this test. You can read her letter on our Testimonials page.
We are honored to have been one of a limited number of select sites in the U.S. and Canada (and the very first to be approved) to participate in an important research study evaluating ultrasound for early breast cancer detection in women with:
A series of three yearly sonograms were performed at the time of annual mammography. The sonograms and mammograms were interpreted independent of each other to determine how useful each test is in finding early cancers.
Volunteers for the study came from all across the country and from all walks of life. One such person is Donna Johnson from Colorado, who was spotlighted in a publication from the research coordinator. Click to read about her participation in this landmark study.
Results from the first year of the study were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in May 2008. The addition of ultrasound to mammography resulted in the detection of 55% more cancers than with mammography alone (31 versus 20), as well as an associated increase in false-positives (biopsies that turned out to be benign). For further reading, please refer to:
The press release announcing publication of this article
