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Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, full-service hospital located in Rome, Georgia. Serving as the main campus for Atrium Health Floyd, the hospital contains a certified Chest Pain Center, designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and Breast Imaging Center of Excellence.
The St. Francis Center for Digestive Disorders opens in 2007. In 2008, St. Francis becomes Columbus' first Chest Pain Center, achieving accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. In 2008, St. Francis adds a Spine and Neurosurgery Center to the St. Francis Orthopaedic Institute.
The Breast Health Center was named Augusta's only Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology in 2011. [3] The Kidney Transplant Excellence Award from Healthgrades was awarded in 2009 and 2010. [4] GRMC was one of 10 kidney transplant programs to receive the distinction.
The "Egan technique", as it became known, enabled physicians to detect calcification in breast tissue; [68] of the 245 breast cancers that were confirmed by biopsy among 1,000 patients, Egan and his colleagues at M.D. Anderson were able to identify 238 cases by using his method, 19 of which were in patients whose physical examinations had ...
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[6] [10] Breast MRI is considered the gold-standard in supplemental imaging of dense breasts, with an increase in cancer detection of about 15 cancers per 1000 screens. In patients where MRI is contraindicated (certain implantable devices, certain kidney conditions) or in those who prefer to avoid MRI (claustrophobia), molecular breast imaging ...
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Breast ultrasound is another technology employed in diagnosis and screening that can help differentiate between fluid filled and solid lesions, an important factor to determine if a lesion may be cancerous. [2] Breast MRI is a technology typically reserved for high-risk patients and patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer. [3]