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Advanced MRI Available at Seton

The diagnostic tool is recommended for women at high risk for breast cancer.

 

If your risk for breast cancer is high, the American Cancer Society recommends an MRI along with mammograms for early detection of cancer.

Seton Medical Center in Daly City offers MRI breast coil services,  which spot small tumors that can be missed by mammograms and ultrasound procedures.  "It uses a magnetic field, radiofrequency pulses and a computer to produce highly detailed images of the breast," according to a prepared statement by the Daughters of Charity Health System, which runs the hospital. "If a suspected tumor is detected, an MRI-guided breast biopsy is used to obtain tissue samples for microscopic examination."

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Seton began offering the diagnostic procedure last year. “Patient comfort is a top priority.  We also make it easy for patients to schedule appointments and to get in and out as quickly and efficiently as possible,”
notes Lana Heagy, director of the Seton Breast Health Center.

The next closest MRI breast coil center is in San Francisco.

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The Cancer Society defines breast cancer survivors or women who have a mother or sister with breast cancer as having a high risk of developing the disease.

Seton Medical Center is located at 1900 Sullivan Ave., Daly City, 94015.

Seton Coastside is located in Moss Beach. It does not offer MRI breast coil services.  

 

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