HAVE
HAVE DENSE BREASTS? YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE. ABOUT HALF THE FEMALE POPULATION
HAVE BREASTS THAT ARE
CONSIDERED DENSE DUE TO THE
APPEARANCE OF THE BREAST
TISSUE ON THEIR MAMMOGRAM.
WOMEN WITH DENSE BREASTS
ARE AT AN IMMEDIATE DISADVANTAGE
WHEN IT COMES TO4@4@
TRADITIONAL BREAST IMAGING.
BECAUSE MAMMOGRAPHY
HAS DIFFICULTY IMAGING THROUGH
DENSE BREASTS, IT CAN MISS
SUBTLE4@
CANCERS THAT MAY BE OBSCURED BY
THE DENSE BREAST TISSUE. MANY 4@
MAMMOGRAMS MISS LUMPS THAT COULD
BE CANCEROUS. THE
QT BREAST SCAN USES 3D IMAGING
WITH ULTRASOUND TO CREATE IMAGES
OF THE BREAST WITH THE CLARITY
OF THE MRI WITHOUT
RADIATION OR COMPRES4@SION. THE
SCANS ALSO HAVE A HIGHER DEGREE
OF ACURACY THAN MAMMOGRAPHY AND
ARE ABLE TO PICK UP LYMPH
NODES INTHE AXILARY TISSUE
SURROUNDING THE BREAST. THE QT
BREAST HEALT WAS GRANTED 14
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES 4@OF HEALTH
BREAST HEALT WAS GRANTED 14 MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES 4@OF HEALTHO
FIND A BETTER WAY TO
SCAN W4@OMEN WITH DENSE BREASTS
WITHOUT RADIATION. RIGHT
NOW THE QT SCAN IS AVAILABLE IN
GRAND RAPIDS.
GRAND RAPIDS. HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT QT BREAST HEALTH.
THEY WERE GRANTED 14-MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO FIND A
WAY TO REDUCE FALSE POSITIVE4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@4@ HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT QT BREAST
HEALTH. 4@
HEALTH. 4@
4@4@4@4@4@4@ THEY WERE GRANTED 14-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO FIND A
WAY TO REDUCE FALSE POSITIVE
SCANS ON WOMEN WITH DENSE
BREASTS WITHOUT RADIATION.
AND AS YOU LEARNED THEY FOUND
IT.
RIGHT NOW QT BREAST SCANS ARE
APPROVED BY THE FDA TO PROVIDE
IMAGES OF THE BREAST AND ARE
AWAITING FULL FDA CLEARANCE
WHICH 4@
IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT YEAR.
IF QT BREAST HEALTH GETS THAT
APPROVAL IT WILL BE THE FIRST
ADVANCEMENT IN BREAST HEALTH
IMAGING FOR WOMEN IN MORE
THAN 50 YEARS.
INCIDENTALLY... GRAND RAPIDS IS
IMAGING FOR WOMEN IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. INCIDENTALLY... GRAND RAPIDS IS@
THE ONLY CITY IN THE MIDWEST
OFFERING QT BREAST HEALTH SCANS.
THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY 4@
INSURANC4@E AND COST $600.4@
I'VE GOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
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