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GROSSE POINTE NEWS, OCTOBER 19, 2006
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Cancer screening is offered
Bon Secours Cottage Health
Services LaboratOlYhas implemented
the ThinPrep Imaging
System by Cytyc Corporation
for cervical cancer screening,
The system, approved by the
U,S, Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), is a fully
integrated, interactive computer
program that assists cytotechnologists
and pathologists
in the primary screening
of ThinPrepE Pap Test slides,
The ThinPrep Imaging
System combines revolutionary
imaging technology with
human interpretive expertise
to improve cervical cancer
screening efficiency and performance,
"Bon Secours Cottage
Health Services Laboratory is
committed to providing our
patients with the best new
From left: Nancy 1.Valentini, M,D" Suzanne Hall, M.D., Margot G, Abundis, M,D"
Paul S, Blunden, M,D"Paul C. Nehra, M,D" Benjamin S, Chen, M,D.,
Elizabeth D, Somerset, M,D" Debra Rossie, C.N.M.
Seated from left: John A. Knapp, M,D., Deborah D, Hamby, M,D,
technology to detect disease
early and the ThinPrepE
System with computer imaging
enables us to do that," said
Dr. Suresh Gehani, chief
pathologist.
"Using the ThinPrep System
offers significant improvements
over previous screening
technologies. Making this
technology the standard in our
practice was simply the right
thing to do."
According to the National
Cancer Institute, approximately
15,000women in the United
States are diagnosed with cer-
• Board certined Gynecologists
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& Obstetricians
• Mammogram & Ultrasound on site
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• Evening & Saturday Appointments fj vical cancer each year and
about 5,000 die of the disease.
Cervical cancer is almost 100
percent curahle if detected early.
More than 30 puhlished
studies with more than
500,000 patients have demonstrated
the improved performance
of the ThinPrep Pap
Test compared to the conventional
Pap smear.
A meta-analysis puhlished in
the Amerioan Journal of
Obstetrics and Gyneoology
concluded that the ThinPrep
Pap Test improves diagnosis of
low-grade (LSIL) and highgrade
squamous intraepitheliallesions
(HSIL) compared to
the conventional Pap smear,
The article also demonstrated
improved sample adequacy
with the ThinPrep method,
Currently, approximately 70
percent of all Pap tests in the
United States utilize the
ThinPrep Pap Test.
For more information, call
Bon Secours Cottage Health
Servioes, pathology main offioe
(313) 343-1615 or laboratory
client servioes (313) 343-
1840.
Christmas
shopping
Preparing for Bon Seoours
Christmas Mart from 10 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. Friday; Nov, 3,
and 10 a,m. to 4 p.m. .
Saturday, Nov. 4, are smallgifts
buyer Gwen Judson and
her assistant, seated, Elaine
Hawes. It will be held in the
Connelly Auditorium of Bon
Secours Hospital with items
including Christmas decor,
jewelry, sweaters, infantltoddler
clothes, toys and aocessories
for the home suoh as
the bronzed brushed angel,
game hens and oontemporary
trees, as shown. All prooeeds
benefit the hospital and the
oommunity.
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