Regular breast screening is one of the most important methods to safeguard your good health. At the Athens Regional Breast Health Center, we are ready to help you with your mammogram. We are the only All Digital Mammography Facility in North East Georgia.

A mammogram is an x-ray that uses low dose radiation to produce an image of the inside of the breast. Mammography is a proven way to find most "silent" breast cancers in women without symptoms.

The Facts About Breast Cancer

• In the year 2000, more than 235,000 women nationwide were diagnosed with breast cancer.
• A woman's risk of developing breast cancer increases with age, growing to a 1 in 8 risk over her lifetime.
• Specific groups in our population are not currently receiving mammograms.
• Early detection improves the outcomes of breast cancer.

Reading your Mammogram
A radiologist will interpret your mammogram using traditional methods plus the R2 Image Checker. The Image Checker uses digital technology to locate structural abnormalities within the breast. For every 1,000 cancers currently detected by screening mammography, the Image Checker could result in early detection of an additional 205 breast cancers.

Occasionally, you may be called back for additional views and further evaluation by the radiologist. This is not unusual.

Recommendations for your mammogram: