1400 Lakeland Hills Blvd.

Lakeland, FL

Suite A (Mammography)
 

7:30 am to 4:30 pm

Monday - Friday,

Phone 863-680-7755, option 3
 

When: Monthly, third Wednesday

Time: 10:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.

Where: Center for Cancer Care & Research, 1730 Lakeland Hill Blvd., Lakeland
To Register: (863) 680-7559

When: Monthly, fourth Thursday

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Watson Clinic Women's Center, 1400 Lakeland Hills Blvd., Lakeland
To Register: (863) 680-7559

The Watson Clinic Women's Center provides a full range of mammography services provided by mammography-certified technologists and fellowship-trained mammographers/radiologists.

The health care professionals that make up the Women's Center staff clearly define the high standards of our center. We are proud to have fellowship trained MQSA mammographers who have completed specialization training in breast imaging. All of our technologists are mammography registered reflecting our commitment to quality care. We have raised the benchmark of excellence in breast care by providing you with the area's most qualified physicians and staff. Their superior level of training and experience gives them the expertise you deserve which is exactly what you should expect of your healthcare partner.

Regular screenings are the primary means of early detection. Early detection and knowledge about your breast is the best defense you have against breast cancer. We are proud to provide the greatest potential for individualized care through a multi-disciplinary approach - a comprehensive team of specialists who review your results and draw upon the skill of many disciplines to provide the best possible care. You can count on our mammography team to be your source of continuing education and awareness.

For your convenience, please wear a two-piece outfit so only the top has to be removed. On the day of your appointment please do not use powder, lotion, perfume and deodorant as these products could interfere with the quality of the mammogram. If you have had mammograms elsewhere, please remember to bring them with you for comparison. In order to obtain the highest quality mammogram, firm compression of the breast is necessary and can be uncomfortable. Here are some steps that you can take to improve your mammogram experience:

• Stop caffeine two weeks prior to your mammogram
• Try to schedule/have your mammogram on a day in the month that your breasts are least sensitive
• Take an analgesic 1-2 hours prior to your mammogram

Understand that producing the best quality mammogram gives you the best chance at early breast cancer detection. Remember, “We compress because we care!”

Woman ages 20-39 should have a clinical breast exam by a health professional every three years in addition to their monthly breast self-exams.

Woman ages 40 and over should have a mammogram done annually along with a yearly clinical breast exam by a health professional and monthly breast self-exams.

"The physicians at the Breast Center are my partners in the promise that I have made to myself to be proactive about my health care."
- Anne Jones Breast Cancer Survivor

State-of-the-Art Technologies Advanced technology is the cornerstone of our progressive program.

A mammogram is an X-ray of the breast.

Looks for breast disease in women with no breast problems. This exam usually involves two views of each breast.

A sophisticated digitizer and computer that scans the mammogram and marks potential areas of concern.

Used to find disease in women who have symptoms such as a breast lump, breast pain, nipple discharge or history of breast cancer.

The majority of patients who have extra views do not have a serious problem. Often taking another film with the breast tissue seen from a different angle will help determine if the area is truly one of concern or a normal appearance

Procedure in which sound waves are used to produce a picture. Ultrasound can be helpful determining if a mass seen on a mammogram is solid or cystic (fluid filled).

The insertion of a small needle to drain fluid from the cyst which is usually benign.

The removal of small fragments of breast tissue through a needle. Biopsies can be performed by ultrasound, mammographic (stereotactic) guidance depending on the appearance or location of the area of concern, or MRI guided breast biopsy.

The breast MRI uses a magnetic field, instead of radiation to do breast imaging. This specialized test can be used to evaluate breast abnormalities first seen on a mammogram, breast implant integrity, or extent of disease. Under certain circumstances biopsies under MRI guidance can be performed.

The use of a guide wire placed in your breast before surgery to locate the area of concern that cannot be felt or may be hard to locate. A mammogram or ultrasound is used to direct the wire’s placement.

For your convenience, screening mammography is also performed at Watson Clinic South located at 1033 North Parkway Frontage Road in Lakeland.