HLA Santa Isabel Hospital incorporates a mammogram

The Hospital HLA Santa Isabel de Sevilla has incorporated, in its Diagnostic Imaging Unit, a Senographe Pristina, the latest digital mammography with tomosynthesis, also called three-dimensional (3D) mammography, which incorporates the most advanced technology to perform large-scale breast studies. quality.

“The new equipment will allow a more precise diagnosis and will avoid the repetition of tests thanks to its great capacity to detect breast lesions,” they highlight from this health center. The most common tumor found in Western women is breast cancer. Only in Spain, around 25,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, according to data managed by the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), which foresees that this incidence will progressively increase until reaching 30,000 cases in 2025.

As Carmen Pérez, who is a member of the Image Diagnosis Unit at this center, explains, the advantages of this equipment compared to a conventional mammography machine are that, “with the same radiation, it allows to reduce the overlapping of structures and offers a higher performance diagnosis, improving the sensitivity of the test. This results in more information for an early detection and better assessment of injuries ”.

Detect cancer

Similarly, this specialist points out that “various studies position tomosynthesis above conventional methods, since there is a superior capacity to detect cancers, while the number of complementary tests is considerably reduced”.

The new mammograph acquired by the Hospital HLA Santa Isabel It has the ability to make tomographic sections of the mammary gland, which allows the organ to be seen in three dimensions. Also, it allows the performance of biopsies by stereotaxis, being able to indicate the exact coordinates where the suspicious tissue is located, so that the sample is extracted with a needle, which is then analyzed to confirm the diagnosis and adjust the treatment.

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