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First-of-its-Kind Prone 3D™ Biopsy
A Special Thank You
at Holy Cross Offers Exceptional Breast Biopsy
to the
Experience to Women of the Community
August 2017

The Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Host of the South
Women's Center at Holy Cross HealthPlex is
the first Southeast Florida center to offer 3D™-
guided breast biopsy, an advanced, minimally Florida Healthcare
invasive technique utilizing the Hologic®
Affirm™ Prone Breast Biopsy System. The Networking Group
Affirm Prone Biopsy System is the world’s first
and only dedicated prone biopsy system to offer
both 2D stereotactic and 3D™ tomosynthesis
imaging-guided breast biopsies. Many physi-
cians (and patients) prefer to perform breast
biopsies with the patient reclining comfortably
in the prone position, removed from the field of
view of the biopsy instruments. DELRAY
The availability of 3D™ imaging for biopsy
guidance facilitates the localization and accu- MEDICAL
rate targeting of lesions, including those that CENTER
can be challenging to detect with conventional
imaging techniques. In addition, this new biop-
sy technology from Hologic has several key For information about
advantages over standard X-ray biopsy pro- our next meeting of
cedures, including faster targeting and fewer (l-r) Dr. Howard Rubinson; Jasmine Arencibia ,R.T.(R)(M)(ARRT); Gina Destenay,
X-ray exposures, resulting in shorter patient R.T. (R)(M)(ARRT); and Marissa Postrado, R.T.(R)(M)(ARRT) SFHNG, please email
procedure time and reduced patient dose. charles@
southfloridahospitalnews.com

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