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Show Pace C6 THE DAIl Y Ml RAl D. fnna. I uh. Monday, January IW Is1. can to access things Easy invasive less New breast biopsy technique make the day go smoother By forward, slicing off the tissue. In the blink of an eye, the probe has collected a cylinder of breast tissue thinner than a strand of spaghetti, ready to be sent to the lab. Each time a sample is taken, Dr. M. Julie Armada, radiologist "it sounds like an old cap gun which is the source of surgery. They're out for a day. but the woman was left with a going off," There's almost no recovery sizable scar and a distorted the probe's informal name, said Armada. for breast. time. There's no follow-uNormally, five samples are stitch removal. It's a quicker Healing from the surgery to be sure a tumor hasn't wreeks. taken could take procedure with less hassle." been missed. Stereotactic breast biopsy Bedard, 67, of West Warwick, A bandage covers the nick in eliminates much of that unnecagrees. the skin used to insert the "The whole procedure took essary surgery. machine that probe. two hours, they put an ice pack Using an There are no s'itches. on me for the first two hours can swing from side to side, two Women are advised to take and I couldn't exercise for a different images of the breast for 15 one to the any pain and use right, Tylenol degrees couple of days, but that was it," there's if ice some 15 left to the the other any swelling. much it's a said. she degrees "Definitely Most return to normal activiare taken. easier procedure." The stereo views allow a ties the next day. About 200,000 Americans "It's a major advance over women are diagnosed with computer to build a wire localization," said Armada. breast cancer each year, and image of the invasive. There's only a disnot "It's from the technicians die breast, permitting roughly 50,000 to accurately guide a thin probe skin nick. You can make the ease. Until recent years, when a to the precise area of the suspi- diagnosis with less tissue." Armada said inserting the cious mass. mammogram indicated a potential problem, the typical method probe isn't very painful. A local anesthetic is applied to the skin of removing suspicious tissue Taking a tissue sample before it is cut. A also known a as was cumbersome. probe "The breast itself doesn't is two "gun" tubes, actually have one nestled inside other. the many nerve endings. They Scarring surgery to When "the gun" is fired, the will sense the pressure of that." A radiologist uses For women whose suspicious e inner tube shoots outward. guide a thin and it isn't cancerous mass of That tube has a tiny trough combination into the portion the breast where something about the length of a fingernail. isn't in 70 to 80 percent of the "it saves them a bioplooks abnormal. Then the neeAfter breast tissue fills the cases dle is removed so doctors can trough, the outer tube snaps sy," said Armada. replace it with a wire that is anchored in the breast tissue. The thickest portion of the wire is supposed to mark the location of the suspected tumor. Then it's off to the operating C. El GENE EMERY JR. Pro idcnce "Anybody vho has had both says (the stereo system) beats it by far. ... It's a quicker procedure with less hassle." Journal-Bulleti- - Florence Bedard knows a better technique for battling breast cancer when she sees one. In 1995, when something looked suspicious on her she had to go into the operating room at Kent County Memorial Hospital so a surgeon could remove a chunk of tissue to see if it was cancerous. The tissue was benign. But the experience wasn't easy. "It deal. You're was an eight-hou- r under anesthesia, you go into the recovery room. I was on home therapy with visiting nurses for five days," she recalled. The surgery "left some disfiguring and heavy scarWARWICK, R.I. Dear Heloise: I write a lot of checks at department stores and supermarkets and I have to pull out my driver's license each time for identification. f I recently started using arr organizer, which I love, but the card pockets make it difficult to pull out my driver's license quickly. So, I put a flag on the license and now it couldn't be easier to grab and pull out. The clear sticky part doesn't obscure any of the information on the license and I can remove the flag any time I want. I also put one on my library card and on my But this year, when her looked suspicious, annual she didnt end up in the operating room. Instead, her breast tissue was sampled by a newer technique that plucks tiny cores from deep within the breast and the without the need of surgery. associated risks The method is known as stereotactic breast biopsy. y marsh-mallow- s. self-stickin- g y three-dimension- heavier items. Great for hanging blankets, freeing uj? shelf space. Straighten a length of wire and use when roasting Open, insert roll of paper towels and hang from a tree'at campsite. Heloise Dear Heloise: As a crafter who likes to use natural materials, I fmd it convenient to keep a plastic bag, newspapers, a cardboard box, cotton gloves and shears in my car trunk in case I see something to gather card. along the roadside or if someone Thanks for your column, asks me to share something-frotheir garden. which I get in the Los Angeles Rosemary Daily News. I've used many of Bolton, Richmond, Ky. Dedra Dear Heloise: What to do your hints. lead pencils when we think Calif. with Sylmar, Dear Reader: Easy access they are too short to write with, to things we use daily sure or ones your kids bring home at makes the day go easier! the end of the school year when Heloise Good hint! they've cleaned out their desk Other uses for wire hangers: and found all these stubs? Use to hold and store spools Donate them to your public of ribbon. library. Talk about recycling! Put several together to hold Kathi White, Hutchinson, Kan! p ring." Y - video-rent- m al True-Schei- b, needle-and-tub- Easier way When a woman has a suspicious mass that can't be seen with ultrasound currently the technique preferred because it is quick, cheap and stereotactic breast biopeasy sy lets doctors sample a piece of potentially cancerous tissue without resorting to the surgical biopsy that can deform a breast. "Anybody who has had both says (the stereo system) beats it by far," said Dr. M. Julie Armada, a radiologist at Kent. "There are no blood tests. The patients don't have to come in to outpatient NOTHING ON EARTH COULD COME BETWFENTHFM -- 311t r edcAoSo , 3 7644)009) " Presented In Dolby Stereo J, TS K925 I WORTH EDCEWOOO 764 0009 V PG-13jP.,- .l tS 1 f V.....Vw,Vg 12 30 4 30 8 30 Screens Doto - TIME 4:157:109:15 titanicmovie.com - V SODS Digital "ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR," www.hnmovies.com Daily 12:00 2:00 tli II OTO aw wukkiiem mtflmmMltJ f&s7wFoinn i fi a t a n an ski Mi inn &U UIULUUU room. "The surgeon feels for the thick part of the wire and takes out a whole golf ball around it," said Armada. Only after the tissue was taken to the lab did doctors know if there was a tumor and if further surgery was needed. It most cases, there wasn't. Vim Minora lllll- W 5'f 4 GOOD MORNING AMERICA ROIL INC STONE - ' ACTION THRILLER, "MYSTERY, COURTROOM DRAMA, EVEN COMEDY. 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