Radiology Associates of Brooklyn providing digital mammogram imaging tests at
Sheepshead Bay office and Boro Park office locations. To schedule an appointment for digital mammogram at Sheepshead Bay office call (718)332-6800, at Boro Park office call (718)436-7337.
Mammogram is the examination of the breast using x-rays. Mammography is considered the
most effective diagnostic test for early breast tumor detection. Mammography plays a central part in early detection of breast cancers because it can show changes in the breast up to two years before a patient or physician can feel them.
Mammogram can be used to check for breast cancer in women who have no signs or symptoms of the disease. This type of mammogram is called a screening mammogram. Screening mammogram is usually ordered by your doctor as a tool to detect early forms of breast cancer when you are not experiencing any breast symptoms. Screening mammogram usually involve two x-rays of each breast. They make it possible to detect tumors that cannot be felt. Screening mammogram can also find microcalcifications (tiny deposits of calcium) that sometimes indicate the presence of breast cancer. In most cases both breasts are examined for a screening mammogram.
Mammogram can also be used to check for breast cancer after a lump or other sign or symptom of breast cancer has been found. This type of mammogram is called a diagnostic mammogram. Diagnostic mammogram is ordered by your doctor when you are experiencing symptoms such as pain, a lump, nipple discharge, or change in the texture of your breast, if you have had breast cancer in the recent past, or if your screening mammogram has shown an abnormality or questionable finding. The differences between a screening and diagnostic mammogram is in the number of x-ray pictures and the angles at which the pictures are taken.
Signs of breast cancer may include pain, skin thickening, nipple discharge, or a change in breast size or shape. A diagnostic mammogram also may be used to evaluate changes found during a screening mammogram, or to view breast tissue when it is difficult to obtain a screening mammogram because of special circumstances, such as the presence of breast implants.