What Are Breast Imaging & Diagnostic Procedures?
Breast imaging is much more than screening for breast cancer. Radiologists who subspecialize in breast imaging and diagnostic procedures use imaging to assist in diagnosing and treating diseases and conditions of the breast. This subspecialty includes mammography, breast ultrasound, aspirations and biopsies with imaging guidance, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ductography, and molecular imaging. Breast diseases uncommonly occur in males, and over 95% of the patients cared for by these physicians are female.
What Other Physicians Do Breast Imaging Radiologists Work With?
To coordinate and deliver high-quality care, we communicate clearly with our patients and with the personal physicians and physician specialists who are involved in their care. Our breast imaging radiologists frequently work with:
- Primary Care Physicians
- Obstetrician/gynecologists
- Breast surgeons
- Medical Oncologists
- Radiation Oncologists
What Health Issues and Body Systems Does This Subspecialty Commonly Work On?
Women have many breast-related health conditions beyond cancer that include breast pain, fibrocystic changes, benign masses, nippledischarge, breast-feeding, and changes related to hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
How Does the Radiologist Work With the Patient and her Personal Physician?
Many of the major threats to women’s health are treatable and curable if detected early. Imaging can play an important role in early detection and diagnosis. At Radiology & Imaging, the training and experience of the radiologists and the use of advanced, high-resolution imaging equipment provide many women with the opportunity for early detection and abetter long-term outcome.
At Radiology & Imaging, our radiologists are directly and actively involved inpatient care. Our radiologists and technologists review and discuss suspiciousi maging findings with patients, discuss different biopsy options, and are available to address patients’ questions and concerns. After biopsy, radiologists review the pathology results and compare them with the imaging findings. Recommendations for management based on the biopsy results and imaging are conveyed to the patient’s personal health care provider and to any specialists involved in the patient’s care.
