3-D Mammography
The Breast Imaging Center at Baxter Regional Medical Center is home to Arkansas’ & Missouri’s only 3-D Mammogram.
Using the latest digital technology, 3-D Mammography allows physicians to see details in a way never before possible.
3-D Mammography provides a more comprehensive, dimensional view of breast tissue, allowing earlier detection of changes that may be too small or subtle for older mammography technology to detect. 3-D Mammography provides the BEST available technology for early detection.
Early detection is key to successful treatment.
If you’re a woman over the age of 40, or if you have a family history of breast cancer, it is important to have an annual mammogram screening.
Breast Cancer Facts*
1 in 8 women develop breast cancer.
One new case of breast cancer is diagnosed every 2.5 minutes.
One woman dies every 13 minutes from breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer deaths in women.
Mammography Facts*
Mammography screening is the best way to detect breast cancer in its earlier stages, and it saves lives.
Screening mammography reduces breast cancer mortality 25-30% for women ages 50-70 and 18% for women ages 40-50.
Early detection gives women new options for breast-conserving therapy.
4 of every 10 women don’t get annual mammograms.
* 2009 Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, USA
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