Daily Iowan Report: UIHC Tests New Breast Cancer Imaging Technology

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The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa's student newspaper, reports that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic is testing a new breast cancer imaging technology. Digital Tomosynthesis is allows doctors to better detect early stages of breast cancer.

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is at the national forefront of a new technology designed to test for breast cancer.

“We’ve upgraded all our equipment to the latest technology for breast cancer screening — digital breast tomosynthesis,” said Laurie Fajardo, the chairwoman of the Radiology Department.

Digital tomosynthesis differs from the traditional mammogram method in the images it provides. Instead of only offering two images of the breast, Digital Tomosynthesis offers many images of the breast, giving doctors many slices to examine.

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