Updated on July 14th, 2021 – originally published March 20th, 2020 New American College of Radiology® (ACR®) and Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) call for heightened screening attention for transgender individuals. Transgender patients – regardless if they were biologically or phenotypically male or female at birth – can also be at risk for the disease, and...
Callbacks after screening mammograms are uncommon, but do happen. What happens when you're called back...
Together ultrasound and mammogram are effective screening tools for detecting breast cancer early, especially in women with dense breasts.
One of the benefits of scheduling an appointment at Bergen, a women’s imaging center in Englewood, NJ, is that we are a privately owned facility and not associated with any hospital. When it comes to insurance billing you’ll generally pay less out-of-pocket for an outpatient visit than an in-patient visit. That’s because hospital affiliated imaging...
There are many women’s imaging centers in New Jersey to choose from – but not all are created equal. When you need a mammogram, ultrasound, or even a breast biopsy, you want it examined by a radiologist who specializes in women’s imaging – not a generalist. Here are some questions to ask when researching the...
Screening mammography isn’t just for women. While we tend to think of breast cancer as a woman’s disease– other populations – including men and transgender people – can be at risk too. While male breast cancer is rare – it represents just one percent of all breast cancers in the United States – its incidence...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is in full swing. There are fundraisers galore, online and in-person events of all kind, and everything on social media seems to have a pink hue. Perhaps you’ve donated your time or plan to attend a breast cancer awareness event – and that’s great! Taking tangible action to promote awareness is...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is less than two weeks away. What can you do to make it meaningful? Sure, you can pin a pink ribbon on your lapel, or share Instagram memes with breast cancer statistics. But do you honestly know anyone who isn’t ‘aware’ of breast cancer? We have enough breast cancer awareness. We...
A study published in the February 11th issue of Cancer estimates that up to 600,000 lives have been saved by mammography since 1989. Researchers tracked 1990-2015 U.S. data on breast cancer deaths, along with general data, on women aged 40 to 84. They found that between 305,000 and 483,000 breast cancer deaths were prevented during...
The Senographe Pristina was created for women, by women. Claire Goodliffe – marketing director for women’s health at GE Healthcare -set out to ‘humanize mammography’ after research indicated that as many as 40 percent of women skipped breast cancer screening due to fear, anxiety and discomfort surrounding mammograms. She and her colleagues gathered data from...
