Rosemere Cancer Foundation has funded new equipment to encourage the treatment of patients on an outpatient basis.
Patients from Preston and Chorley may now be able to be treated on an outpatient basis due to the funding of new equipment by Rosemere Cancer Foundation.
Instead of being admitted to the hospital to remove suspicious breast lesions and small breast tumours, the new machine will change the treatment of patients.
The £8,325 Akrus Mammography and Biopsy Positioning Chair will enable a guided procedure to be undertaken at the Central Lancashire Breast Unit at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.
The Vacuum Assisted Excision (VAE) procedure has been described by practitioner Kate Greenwood as a beneficial process for both the patient and the trust.
Kate, a consultant sonographer, applied for the chair’s funding alongside lead mammographer Caroline Gawne.
She said: “VAE is a quicker procedure in comparison to surgical excision with reduced scarring potential. Also, it is quicker in terms of having it undertaken because the patient doesn’t have to wait for a theatre slot to become available and for a hospital appointment for pre-operative checks, which inevitably lead to a stressful delay.”
“At the unit, we have been working to expand and develop our imaging breast intervention service, of which VAE is part.
“However, the mammography chair we had did not have the adaptability to make VAE possible. Thanks to Rosemere Cancer Foundation, our new Akrus chair is fully positionable, meaning that VAE is a procedure we can now offer to our patients.”
