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Melanie Zaffuto
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness about the importance of finding breast cancer early at its most treatable stages. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is one of the most common kinds of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
Interventional Radiologist Laura Leonards, M.D., has joined North Oaks Imaging Associates. Leonards comes to North Oaks after completing a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology through MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. She earned her medical degree at Louisiana State University ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
A mammogram can find a breast cancer lump earlier, when it’s much smaller and more easily treatable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average size of a lump found through an annual mammogram is one-eighth the size of a lump found through occasional self-exams. ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
Interventional Radiologist Sean M. Gipson, M.D. , has joined North Oaks Imaging Associates. Gipson comes to North Oaks after completing a residency in Diagnostic Radiology and a fellowship in Vascular Interventional Radiology through Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, which is a Level I ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the newest addition to North Oaks Health System’s arsenal of high-performance, clinically proven breast cancer detection tools. When the health system launches 3D mammography digital breast exams this month at North Oaks Diagnostic Center in Hammond, it will ...
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