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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Annual screening mammography is encouraged for women beginning at age 40. Women at high lifetime risk of breast cancer may start screening at an earlier age. Multiple breast cancer screening guidelines exist based on age, risk, and breast density. Talk to your healthcare provider to decide what is best for you.

Below are ways that UVA Health makes it easy to ensure you stay healthy.

Where to Get Screened

Visit an office:

• Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center | 1240 Lee St., Charlottesville, VA, 22903 | Screening 3D mammography
• UVA Breast Care Center | 652 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 200, Charlottesville, VA, 22911 | Screening 3D mammography, contrast-enhanced mammography, breast ultrasound, bone density, and comprehensive breast care
• UVA Imaging Northridge | 2965 Ivy Road, Suite 101, Charlottesville, VA, 22903 | Fast and conventional breast MRI
• UVA Imaging at UVA Fontaine Research Park Building 415 | 415 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Suite 1100, Charlottesville, VA, 22903 | Fast and conventional breast MRI, bone density
• UVA Imaging Zion Crossroads | 1015 Spring Creek Parkway, Zion Crossroads, VA, 22942 | Screening 3D mammography, conventional breast MRI, bone density, ultrasound
• Mammography Center Northridge | 2955 Ivy Road, Suite 102, Charlottesville, VA, 22903 | Screening 3D mammography, bone density

To schedule a screening at one of the above locations, call 434.243.4704.

• UVA Outpatient Imaging of Culpeper | 509 S. Main Street, Suite 200, Culpeper, VA, 22701 | Screening 3D mammography, fast breast MRI, breast ultrasound, breast biopsy, and bone density

To schedule an appointment at Outpatient Imaging of Culpeper, call 540.321.3190

Visit the Mobile Mammogram Coach

The Mobile Mammography Coach is available at the following locations and days:

• Medical Associates of Louisa on the 1st Tuesday of every month
• Primary Care Locust Grove on the 1st Friday of every month
• Primary Care Riverside on the 3rd Tuesday of every month
• Family Practice Stoney Creek on the 4th Monday of every month
• UVA Cancer Center Augusta on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month
• University Physicians Orange on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday and 4th Friday of every month

To schedule, call 434.243.4704. For more information, visit the mobile mammograms website.

What About Dense Breast Tissue?

Mammograms are 30-40% less sensitive in women with dense breast tissue. This makes some cancers more difficult to see. Supplemental screening, in addition to mammography, is offered to women with dense breast tissue. This can include ultrasound, contrast-enhanced mammogram, or fast breast MRI. Your doctor may recommend this as an extra screening tool if you have dense breast tissue and an average breast cancer risk.

Contrast-enhanced mammograms and ultrasound are available at the UVA Breast Care Center.

Fast breast MRI is available at the following locations:

• UVA Imaging Northridge
• UVA Imaging at Fontaine Research Park, Building 415
• UVA Outpatient Imaging of Culpeper

Watch this video for more information about fast breast MRI. Talk to your healthcare provider about whether a fast breast MRI is right for you. 

To schedule, call 434.243.0321.