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Who needs a mammogram?

If you’re 40 or over, MetroHealth’s breast health specialists recommend yearly mammograms starting at 40. If you’re at higher risk, your provider may recommend that you start yearly mammograms earlier. Why? Breast cancer is the most common form of non-skin cancer in women and often has no symptoms.

Celebrate your birthday every year, and get screened at a mammogram clinic with a #breastfriend! It makes getting a mammogram easy!

In some instances, a doctor’s order may be required. To learn more and make an appointment today, call 216-957-BRST (2778) or visit MyChart.

Why choose MetroHealth?

At MetroHealth, we’re setting the standard for the early detection of breast cancer. MetroHealth is designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology’s Commission on Quality and Safety and the Commission on Breast Imaging, and offers screenings in seven convenient locations as well as a mobile coach.

 

Mammography scan image

At MetroHealth, every patient gets the most advanced mammography available: 3D mammography or 3D breast tomosynthesis.

3D mammograms provide a more accurate exam by looking at the breast tissue in sections, significantly improving early breast cancer detection and lowering the need for follow-up imaging. In fact, multiple clinical studies show that 3D mammography finds 40% more invasive cancer not seen with conventional 2D mammography. We use the lowest dose of radiation available for 3D mammography in this advanced screening tool.

MetroHealth also offers diagnostic breast ultrasounds and breast MRIs for high-risk patients. When you visit a MetroHealth mammography clinic, we’ll assess your risk factors and recommend the right screenings for you.

 

About 40% of women age 40 and older have dense breasts. While normal, dense breast tissue is a risk factor for developing breast cancer, and increased breast density makes it harder to identify cancer on mammograms alone.

That’s why MetroHealth provides supplemental ultrasounds—the Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS)—to detect cancer in women with dense breasts when mammography alone may be insufficient. If your mammogram identifies your tissue type as dense, we will follow up and recommend ABUS.

ABUS is completed in 15 minutes and insurance coverage of both mammograms and supplemental screenings like ABUS is mandated by Ohio state law. MetroHealth will assist patients who are uninsured or underinsured for screening mammographies. Please call 216-957-2325 for financial assistance.

 

MetroHealth provides seven mammography centers across Northeast Ohio, so there’s always a mammogram clinic near you.

Locations include:

  • Main Campus
  • Broadway
  • Parma
  • West 150th Health and Surgery Center
  • Cleveland Heights
  • Middleburg Heights
  • Beachwood

Make an appointment today by calling 216-957-BRST (2778) or visiting MyChart.

Locations

MetroHealth’s Mobile Mammography Coach

Our highly-advanced 3D mammography is available in our Mobile Mammography Coach. Available from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, it visits Discount Drug Mart locations across Northeast Ohio such as Avon Lake, Brunswick Hills, Highland Heights, Independence, Lakewood and Strongsville.

Call 216-957-8848 to schedule an appointment.

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