3-D Screening Mammography
Breast cancer cannot be prevented but early detection can keep the disease from spreading and greatly increase your odds for a favorable outcome. The advanced three-dimensional mammography at University Hospitals can help find cancer earlier than other conventional methods.
Schedule Your Mammogram Appointment Online
Use our convenient online scheduling tool to book your mammogram appointment today or call 216-844-2778.
Schedule OnlineCatching Breast Cancer Early
A statistic often used in cancer prognosis is the five-year survival rate, which is the percentage of people diagnosed with a specific type of cancer who are still alive five years after they are diagnosed. When breast cancer is detected early – meaning before it has spread – it has a five-year survival rate of up to 99 percent.
Screening Mammogram Recommendations
A baseline (first) mammogram is recommended for women when they turn 40, regardless of their risk factors, followed by yearly screening mammograms. If you’re at a higher risk of developing breast cancer, your doctor may recommend you get mammograms earlier or more frequently. Learn more about breast cancer risk factors.
To schedule a screening mammogram today, use our convenient scheduling tool to book your mammogram online or call 216-844-2778. For your convenience, you can schedule your mammogram at one of multiple University Hospitals breast health centers located across Northeast Ohio.
Diagnostic Mammograms
Your doctor may order a diagnostic mammogram if your screening mammogram shows suspicious or unclear results, or if you’re experiencing potential signs and symptoms of breast cancer, including:
- A lump.
- Breast pain.
- Thickening of skin on the breast.
- Nipple discharge.
- Changes in the size or shape of the breast.
- Changes in the skin texture, such as enlargement of the pores of the breast.
Diagnostic mammograms may require more images from multiple angles than routine screening mammograms, performed in a single appointment.
To schedule a diagnostic mammogram, call 216-844-2778.
What to Expect at Your First Mammogram
Knowing what to expect at your first mammogram can reduce any uncertainty and make the experience go more smoothly.
Patient-Centric Breast Screening Programs
To better serve our patients, we offer several innovative breast health programs at our breast health centers in select locations, including:
- Walk-In at Select Locations
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We offer walk in screening mammograms at select UH locations. Patients are able to walk in for a screening mammogram with little waiting. Available Monday – Friday only, hours and locations will vary.
- Fast MRI
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Patients with dense breast tissue, those who have an average or mildly elevated risk for developing breast cancer or those who have a family history of the disease can schedule a low-cost breast cancer screening that takes approximately 10 minutes. This supplemental screening is self-pay ($250*) and is available at several UH locations that perform breast MRIs. To learn more about the Fast MRI program, call 877-604-6371 or speak to your physician.
*Subject to change. - Contrast Enhanced Mammography
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University Hospitals is the first medical center in Northeast Ohio to offer contrast enhanced mammography, or CEM: a test that takes X-ray pictures of a patient’s breasts using contrast dye. CEM is similar to a mammogram, but the dye makes it easier for your healthcare provider to detect cancer. For women with dense breast tissue, this can be very helpful.
- UH Mobile Health Screenings Unit
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Our mobile health unit will be stationed at a variety of convenient, UH locations across the region to offer advanced 3-D mammography screenings. Patients can schedule ahead of time and do not need an order. Appointments are required for the mobile health unit.
For more information or to take advantage of one of these programs, call 216-278-7295.
3-D Mammography Offered at All UH Breast Health Centers
What is 3-D Mammography (Tomosynthesis)?
University Hospitals was the first healthcare provider in Northeast Ohio to offer tomosynthesis, a new technologically advanced screening tool that uses three-dimensional imaging to detect breast cancer.
Tomosynthesis takes images of the breast from multiple angles to provide clearer, more detailed views and helps radiologists to pinpoint the size, shape and location of abnormalities.
Tomosynthesis was shown to improve the rate of cancer detection and reduce the number of unnecessary call-backs in an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, June 2014. Experts believe that this method will soon become the gold standard in breast cancer screening and detection. Tomosynthesis is offered at multiple UH breast health centers across the region.
Offering Quality Diagnostic Mammograms at Accredited Breast Health Centers
UH Breast Health Centers are recognized by the American College of Radiology for meeting extensive accreditation requirements and promoting excellent practice standards. Each breast health center has also received the Breast Imaging Center of Excellence award and holds NAPBC accreditation. The breast imaging teams and specially trained radiologists at each center work exclusively with patients undergoing screening or diagnostic mammograms.
UH Breast Health Center NAPBC Locations
Patient Stories
Alison’s Story
Buoyed by a strong support team and seamless care, teacher Alison Berger returns to her classroom after breast cancer treatment.
Bernadette’s Story
An urgent reminder not to miss annual mammograms from a 15-year breast cancer survivor.
Renee’s Story
Through all those years during which Renee Bonner underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to treat her metastatic disease, something important happened: She lived her life.
Schedule a Mammogram Today
Use our convenient online scheduling tool to book your mammogram appointment today or call 216-844-2778.