NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD LEAD TO FASTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS

WLBZ2 - Every year, 1100 women in Maine are diagnosed with breast cancer. But new technology could better the odds of beating the disease. The Eastern Maine Medical Center will soon offer a 3D mammography for patients. The machine can detect any abnormalities in dense breasts which often go undetected using the current 2D system. A new 3D- breast biopsy is also being used at EMMC to detect cancer faster by using advanced X-Ray technology. Physicians say these new tools will improve EMMC's ability to provide a diagnosis in the least invasive manner possible. “When we started with 2D, we were ahead of the game… 3D we were lagging a little bit,” said Elaine Chambers... >>>