A New York hospital introduces a 3D mammography machine

NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health has launched a state-of-the-art 3D mammography machine at its facility in Brooklyn, New York, which is able to help provide care at the very best level for girls living in underserved communities.

“We serve an underserved patient population, and a large portion of our population is Black women, so this really helps detect disease in them,” said Dr. Purnima Popli, medical director of Gotham Health in Cumberland, he said News from New York and Amsterdam.

A mammogram allows for a three-dimensional image of the breast, which is able to make it easier for the doctor to detect abnormalities and smaller changes. According to Popla, this might be especially helpful for black women, who are inclined to have higher breast tissue density than white women. This technology will help doctors detect cancers earlier, making them easier to treat.

According to the Institute’s data, the relative five-year survival rate for localized breast cancer is 99%. American Cancer Society. Once the cancer spreads to other parts of the body, the five-year survival rate drops to 31%.

According to research run by the American Cancer Society, Breast cancer death rates for black women are 40% higher than for his or her white counterparts. Black women even have the bottom five-year survival rate of all racial groups.

Gotham Health, Cumberland goals to assist fill in these gaps with this latest technology. According to Popla, the hospital approaches the treatment of patients in a holistic way, including: providing on-site mammography screening to patients who visit the hospital for other services.

“Our principle is that health care is a necessity. There needs to be no differences in health care. It’s something that needs to be easily (available) to everyone,” Popli said.

Women living within the New York area could make an appointment at Gotham Health in Cumberland by by visiting their website or call (844) 692-4692.