Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 5, 2007|Volume 36, Number 5

New digital mammography van hits
the streets to provide screenings

The state’s first digital mammography van — a joint project of Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH), Hill Health Center and Yale Cancer Center — is now bringing preventive health care to Connecticut women.

The 40-foot-long vehicle is one of only about two dozen digital mobile mammography vans in the United States.

“Yale-New Haven has had a mammography van program for 20 years,” said Marna P. Borgstrom, YNHH president and chief executive officer, at the dedication ceremony for the van. “Providing women with mammography screening services in their communities and at their places of business is convenient, saves time and encourages preventive health care.”

According to the American Cancer Society, one in every eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and routine screening is the best known method in its early detection.

The van, staffed by certified mammography technologists and outfitted with state-of-the-art digital technology, will travel throughout the state to various pre-scheduled locations such as businesses, health facilities, senior centers and shopping areas providing mammogram screenings to women. The van is scheduled at each of Hill Health Center’s five major locations on a monthly basis.

Digital mammography stores an electronic image of the breast directly in a computer, allowing the recorded data to be enhanced or magnified for further evaluation. The information from the screenings conducted on the van is transmitted to the hospital and interpreted by breast imaging radiologists at the Yale-New Haven Breast Center.

The digital mobile mammography service is offered Monday-Saturday 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. To schedule the van for a location or to make an appointment, call the Yale-New Haven Breast Center at (203) 688-6800.

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