DRIVING OUT BREAST CANCER

The Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center

Mammography plays a key role in the early detection of breast cancer.

In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, investigators in the largest study to date found that 3-D mammography detects more breast cancers with fewer “false alarms” than standard or digital mammograms alone. It is expected to outperform standard digital mammography in detecting small invasive breast cancers and lobular cancers, which can be the most lethal.

The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University recently purchased a 3-D Mobile Mammography Center and partnered with the Braman Family Foundation to make this state-of-the-art cancer screening available to South Florida’s most needy and most vulnerable communities.

A $1.1 million gift from the Foundation will allow the College of Medicine to offer free 3-D mammograms to women enrolled in the HWCOM’s innovative Green Family Foundation NeighborhoodHELP™ (NHELP™) initiative.

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