Welcome to Piedmont Breast Center

• Mammograms
A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast. This is the best screening tool widely available to detect breast cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are having a mammogram at Piedmont Breast Center and
have had a previous mammogram at another facility, it important that you bring your films with you so that the radiologist can compare results. This will help prevent unnecessary delays in receiving your results.

- Screening
- Complete diagnostic evaluations with same day reporting to patients
- What does it mean to you?Click here
- R2™ Computerized Detection System Technology for Mammography Interpretation
- 3 State-of-the-Art Units
- State-of-the-Art Penrad™ Reporting and Tracking System

• Stereotactic/Ultrasound-guided Mammotome™ Breast Biopsy

• Ultrasound-guided Cyst Aspiration
Your radiologist will use images made with sound waves (ultrasound) to precisely position a needle within your breast in order to drain fluid-filled cysts.

• ACR Accredited in mammography, stereotactic-biopsy, breast ultrasound
and ultrasound guided biopsy

Click here to view other procedures provided by Piedmont Radiological Associates,

Mammotome™

More than 1.6 million breast biopsies are performed each year in the U.S., making it one of the most common medical procedures for women. Most women have open surgical biopsies, which can lead to pain, scarring and several hours at the hospital. Now, doctors at Piedmont Breast Center are performing a newer, gentler biopsy with the Mammotome® Breast Biopsy System, a minimally invasive breast biopsy device that helps doctors accurately diagnose breast abnormalities without a trip to the operating room and with no stitches.

In the procedure, a woman sits up comfortably or lies on her back, while a doctor inserts a special Mammotome® probe through a tiny incision in the breast. Using ultrasound or x-ray-imaging, the doctor can accurately pinpoint suspicious tissue and gently vacuum, cut and remove it for further examination. The incision is so small no stitches are required and a woman can return to normal activity immediately following the procedure, with only a small adhesive bandage to cover the incision site.

• The differences between minimally invasive and open surgical breast biopsies
• Why both patients and doctors prefer minimally invasive breast biopsies
• How a biopsy is performed using the Mammotome® system
• The latest tools and techniques in the early diagnosis of breast cancer

Piedmont Breast Center
401 Mocksville Avenue
Salisbury, NC 28144.