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Hello everyone….a really important post here on the SmartCurveTM Breast Stabilization System. What is this? One of the perks of being a blogger and an influencer, is that I get introduced to so many things that otherwise I wouldn’t have. The SmartCurve system is one of them! Let me tell you a little bit about it…..
Good breast health is absolutely essential. I am guilty of letting my check-ups getting a bit behind. Cancer is such a dreadful disease and if there is something out there that is SO EASY and SIMPLE to do to help us take care of ourselves, then we should take advantage and TAKE THE TIME for our check-ups! Preventative screening is the best tool in fighting against cancer!
The SmartCurve is found to be much more comfortable than the traditional flat paddle compression.1 In fact 93% of women say that the SmartCurve is more comfortable.1 It has been clinically proven to give you a more pleasant mammogram and all without compromising the image quality!1 The FEAR that women feel in getting mammograms, is the number one reason why we avoid our check-ups.2
This is what it does….it has a curved surface that mirrors the shape of a woman’s breast, and this reduces the pinching! That pinching can be the worst!!! Not with the SmartCurve! It is available exclusively with Hologic’s Genius TM 3D MammographyTM exam. It is the only mammogram proven to detect more invasive cancers, and also reduces false positives compared to 2D alone.3,4 It’s also FDA approved.5,6
This is how you can find the SmartCurve Breast Stabilization system in your area. Click here and enter your zip code. It will lead you to find the nearest facility with this AMAZING technology!
To learn more about the Genius exam click here, it will tell you all about it! I’m committed to doing better at getting my mammograms! Preventative medicine is the best medicine! Don’t use the excuse of “I’M TOO BUSY!” Having that mind set is just foolish. It’s easy-peasy and the hardest part is just picking up the phone and making the appointment!!!!! I hope this information has given you some good information and motivation to go get checked with the SmartCurve system!!!!
The Genius™ 3D Mammography™ exam (also known as the Genius™ exam) is only available on a Hologic® 3D Mammography™ system. It consists of a 2D and 3D™ image set, where the 2D image can be either an acquired 2D image or a 2D image generated from the 3D™ image set. There are more than 6,000 Hologic 3D MammographyTM systems in use in the U.S. alone, so women have convenient access to the Genius exam. To learn more about the Genius exam, visit here.
[1] Smith, A. Improving Patient Comfort in Mammography. Hologic WP-00119 Rev 001 (2017).
2 Kadence International, Ten Thousand Quantitative Findings Research Study (5107), April 2017.
3 Results from Friedewald, SM, et al. “Breast cancer screening using tomosynthesis in combination with digital mammography.” JAMA 311.24 (2014): 2499-2507; a multi-site (13), non-randomized, historical control study of 454,000 screening mammograms investigating the initial impact the introduction of the Hologic Selenia® Dimensions ® on screening outcomes. Individual results may vary. The study found an average 41% (95% CI: 20-65%) increase and that 1.2 (95% CI: 0.8-1.6) additional invasive breast cancers per 1000 screening exams were found in women receiving combined 2D FFDM and 3D™ mammograms acquired with the Hologic 3D Mammography™ system versus women receiving 2D FFDM mammograms only.
4 Bernardi D, Macaskill P, Pellegrini M, et. al. Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis (3D mammography) with acquired or synthetic 2D mammography compared with 2D mammography alone (STORM-2): a population-based prospective study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Aug;17(8):1105-13.
5 U.S. Food & Drug Administration Premarket Approval (PMA). FDA.gov https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpma/pma.cfm?id=P080003S005 accessed June 5, 2017.
6 FDA submissions P080003, P080003/S001, P080003/S004, P080003/S005
Shauna XO
Thank you Shauna, for hi-lighting the importance of mammograms, in any technological form. Agreed, they are nerve wrecking…but necessary. Science is absolutely gaining & kicking butt on this most horrendous disease.
Yes Cheryl……and THANK HEAVENS!!!!! I wish you could boot ALL CANCERS TO THE CURB!!!!!! XOXO