- Dr. Lucía Graña values the agility and maximum quality of the Ribera Polusa Breast Unit, and ensures that she herself performs the biopsy the day she detects the suspicious lesion, while the pathologist reports it in four days
- Tomosynthesis makes it possible not only to detect lesions that would go unnoticed on a digital mammogram, but also to perform a biopsy more quickly and safely.
El Ribera Polusa hospital (Lugo) has performed a total of 50 3D synthesized mammograms with tomosynthesis in just two months, thanks to the latest generation mammograph that this health center in the bank group in the city of Lugo, the only one of these characteristics in the province. Dr. Lucía Graña, radiologist responsible for Breast Imaging at the Ribera Polusa hospital, integrated into the Breast Area of the group, explains that tomosynthesis "facilitates a very detailed image of the breast, which makes it possible to detect lesions that may go unnoticed in other mammograms." “With this technology, the patient's visits to the Radiodiagnosis Service are reduced and the waiting time is also shortened, both for diagnosis and treatment”, he assures, highlighting the agility and excellence of this service.
For Dr. Graña, the super-specialization of professionals is also very important. In her case, as a radiologist dedicated to breast pathology, she assures that "it is not the same to see 50 as 1.000 mammograms a month." “Specialized radiologists are part of multidisciplinary teams, together with colleagues from other specialties, which allows us to know immediately what they need from us to do their job”, she pointed out. In addition, she assures her, at the Ribera Polusa hospital the biopsy is performed the day the suspected lesion is detected and the pathologist reports it in just four days. On the other hand, she adds, "radiologists treat certain injuries percutaneously, on an outpatient basis and with local anesthesia, to avoid the operating room, admission and anxious waiting for the patient and her family."
Dr. Julia Camps, corporate head of the Breast Area of the Ribera group, also highlights the Breast Unit of the Ribera Polusa hospital, because it allows patients from Lugo and its area of influence to be treated by the best specialists from different disciplines and with extensive experience in breast pathology very close to home. "Patients no longer have to go looking for an accurate diagnosis, intervene or perform procedures outside the area," she stressed. In addition, it recalls that the integration of Ribera Polusa in the Ribera Breast Area has allowed "to unify clinical-surgical protocols and standardize diagnoses and treatments so that any of our patients have access to the latest diagnostic technology and tests most current clinics", the latter, thanks to the strategic alliance with the International Breast Cancer Center (IBCC).
In this video you can see what is the Breast Area of the Ribera group.
