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Who’s Reading Your Mammogram? It Matters!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Would you go to a big box supercenter like Wal-mart for a tailored suit? You shouldn’t go to a one-size-fits all center for your mammogram either, because just exactly who is looking at your mammogram?

Just as Wal-mart cannot possibly offer the absolute best quality in every item it carries (they’d never have such great prices), all radiology departments don’t offer the same specially-trained radiologists as the Charleston Breast Center. In fact, radiologists in larger institutions often work in rotations, which means that the person who is reading your mammogram may have excellent credentials … in neurology!

Our physicians have done additional fellowships to train them to read breast tissue – and is literally all they do all day long. And the proof is in the pudding! Their ability to “catch” a questionable spot on your mammogram or breast MRI rates higher than the national average, in fact twice the national average. And we’re the only center in coastal South Carolina designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology.

We’re proud that we know breasts backwards and forwards! SO… who’s reading your mammogram?