3D Mammography Available for Screening and Diagnostic Appointments at Hamilton Diagnostics Center Hamilton Diagnostics Center offers 3D mammography, which is also referred to as digital breast tomosynthesis. 3D mammography enables images of the whole breast to be taken in slices. This helps to enable radiologists to view breast tissue in layers, look between overlapping tissue, and identify abnormalities. 3D mammography is performed with the same level of compression and takes approximately the same amount of time as a regular 2D mammogram. The key features of 3D mammography are: • 41% increase in invasive cancer detections* • 15-37% decrease in the need for additional screenings* • Detects cancers earlier than 2D digital mammography* • No increase in radiation dosage from a 2D standard mammogram to a 3D view** At Hamilton Diagnostics Center, a special order is not required for 3D mammography. Unlike some other diagnostics centers, 3D mammography is our standard of care and is available to all patients for screening and diagnostic mammograms. Hamilton Diagnostics Center’s images are read by a team of experienced radiologists. This trusted team has the benefit of collaboration on complex cases. By choosing Hamilton for their diagnostic services, patients are able to follow a guided pathway to Hamilton Health Care System’s broad spectrum of health care. This is often valuable in the event that additional treatment is needed. Reminder: Patients are asked to bring a doctor’s order with them to their mammography appointment. Hamilton Physician Group Welcomes Blaine Minor, MD Blaine Minor, MD Internal Medicine Hamilton Physician Group-Murray Campus Need a Doctor? Visit Hamilton’s “Find a Physician” online search tool at hamiltonhealth.com or call Hamilton Health Care System’s physician referral line at 706.272.6100. 2 3 Hamilton H Diagnostics Center 7 706.272.6565 1 1407 North Thornton Avenue Dalton,D Georgia hamiltonhealth.h com/diagnostics At Hamilton Diagnostics Center, 3D mammography is available to all patients for screening and diagnostic mammograms. 3D mammography can help radiologists find 41% more invasive cancers than 2D alone. It can also help find cancer in earlier stages. Hamilton Medical Center would like to welcome R. Blaine Minor, MD, to Hamilton’s medical staff. Dr. Minor joins internal medicine physician Dr. Tom Bledsoe at the new Hamilton Physician Group-Murray Campus. Dr. Minor specializes in internal medicine and has practiced medicine in Murray County for over 18 years. He completed his internal medicine training at Georgia Baptist Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Hamilton Physician Group-Murray Campus is located at 800 G.I. Maddox Parkway in Chatsworth, Georgia. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Minor, please call 706.695.1992. *Journal of the American Medical Association **General Electric
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