New era in mammography!

Dr. Hasan İnsel

However, it is not so easy to find the masses that are out of sight in women with dense breasts. This field-developed tomosynthesis digital mammography removes the problem to a great extent

The other day, Radiologist Professor Dr. We were chatting with Mehtap Tunacı in the room at Intermed in the early hours of the morning. We were talking about the importance of breast cancer early recognition. The new use described the early diagnostic role of the presented tomosynthesis digital mammography. I convey this new information that Mehtap Hodja tells me exactly.

"Breast cancer is the most common type in women and the rate of life-long breast cancer is 1 in 8 women. Early breast cancer is cancer that is less than 1 cm in diameter and can not be detected by hand, and has not gone to any other part of the body, including the axillary lymph nodes. Since early diagnosis is so important, most scientific communities established for the purpose of fighting cancer all over the world recommend mammography once a year after the age of 40 years.

Mammography; It is a kind of imaging that can be damaged by the X-ray and therefore overuse of the breast tissue. However, early stage breast cancer is the most effective method to detect microcalcifications.

What is the new method?

Difficulty with breast cancer in mammography is the dense breast structures with high density of milk tissue. In classical mammography, which is a two-dimensional imaging method, masses can be obscured by covering with milk tissues.
Tomosynthesis digital mammography offered to the end result of years of research; Here is a digital method developed to eliminate this problem. Clinical use in Europe and USA As it is in our country. Mammography images are obtained using X-rays by compressing the breast tissue with a pedal as in normal digital mammography. Unfortunately, mammography is not possible without compressing the breast. Tomosynthesis is less compressive than digital mammography. During the shooting, only as much pressure is applied to the nozzle as necessary. Thus, mammography shots, which are the nightmare of some patients, are completed without too much pressure and without suffering, and the shooting duration is shorter.

Increases diagnostic accuracy

Tomosynthesis is the most important advantage of digital mammography compared to normal mammography, which is mainly a three-dimensional imaging method, not two-dimensional. It is possible to see the inside of the breast tissue in thin slices. When a single image is obtained in digital mammography, about 60-80 images are obtained in one shot, with the amount of dose given in tomosynthesis digital mammography varying according to the size of the nozzle. In this view, it is easy to see the masses of cancer that can cover with milk tissues and thus escape from the eye. Thus, accurate diagnosis rate can be increased in breast cancer, breast cancer can be diagnosed easily, errors can be prevented and misdiagnosis.

An important point in tomosynthesis digital mammography is that the amount of X-ray used does not increase when more images are obtained. In ancient mammography methods; it is not wrong to say that the amount of X-ray to be given to the patient is increased by performing additional examinations, whereas the amount of X-ray to be used may be reduced because these additional operations are not needed in tomosynthesis digital mammography.
As a result; tomosynthesis digital mammography is the latest technological development in the field of mammography; all these advantages, especially in women with dense breast tissue, giving the hope early in the early diagnosis, can easily tolerated by the patient is a comfortable digital mammography. "