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Becky · 02-18-2012, 05:50 AM

I had one 3 years ago. They are so sensitive that it was the first time in my entire life I had a Birads 1 reading.

However, the radiation involved is 8-10X the amount of a mammogram so I decided I would use it if I had to "go back for more pictures".

They have one an hour from me in Philly at Jefferson.

You go in and get a shot in a vein in the arm. They take you in the room and you wait alittle while (maybe 15 minutes). Then you get on a machine like a mammogram (but you sit). It is like a mammogram but they don't have to squeeze but they have to take the picture for a long time. You get 2 pictures of each breast just like a mammogram (but each picture takes 10 minutes to take). It takes a long time.

02-18-2012, 05:50 AM	#2
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	Re: Molecular Breast Imaging Is Superior to Ultrasound and Mammography for the Detect I had one 3 years ago. They are so sensitive that it was the first time in my entire life I had a Birads 1 reading. However, the radiation involved is 8-10X the amount of a mammogram so I decided I would use it if I had to "go back for more pictures". They have one an hour from me in Philly at Jefferson. You go in and get a shot in a vein in the arm. They take you in the room and you wait alittle while (maybe 15 minutes). Then you get on a machine like a mammogram (but you sit). It is like a mammogram but they don't have to squeeze but they have to take the picture for a long time. You get 2 pictures of each breast just like a mammogram (but each picture takes 10 minutes to take). It takes a long time. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"