Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) at Northern California PET Imaging Centers
Northern California PET Imaging Center (NCPIC) at their Sacramento site, has purchased a Naviscan PET Systems PEM FlexTM Solo II PET scanner. This new scanner provides high diagnostic accuracy for breast cancer patients, with the ability to detect breast cancer lesions as small as 1.5 - 2.0 mm, and image quality that is not compromised by dense breasts, fibrocystic breasts or implants.
Under an initiative funded by a grant from the Sacramento Valley Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, NCPIC provides PEM scans for underinsured breast cancer patients. This collaboration provides PEM imaging to breast cancer patients who may not have access to the latest technology and/or for high risk patients who may have had a non-diagnostic mammogram due to dense breasts, fibrocystic disease or implants.
This new service offering at NCPIC yields three primary results of direct benefit to patients. Women will have access to a test that they may not otherwise have had access to without the help of this grant. Patients with difficult-to-diagnose breast disease will have valuable information related to whether they have a cancerous lesion or not. Finally, some patients with diagnosed breast cancer who may have had an MRI will now have information to help determine a more precise surgical management plan.
Northern California PET Imaging Center was established in 1992 as a not-for-profit community benefit organization committed to providing the most advanced Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Services to the Northern California region. NCPIC is the result of a joint sponsorship between Mercy Healthcare, Sacramento and Sutter Healthcare, Sacramento and is known as a center of excellence, providing innovative technology and quality care for patients. For more information, call (916) 737-3211 or visit www.ncpic.org.
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