Medanta- The Medicity, has introduced a revolutionary technology- Vacuum Assisted Breast Biopsy Technology for the treatment of breast cancer. In India, the average age of developing breast cancer has undergone a significant shift over the last few decades with an increasing number of young and middle aged women suffering from disease.

The Breast Imaging Department at Medanta - The Medicity is one of the first healthcare institutes in India to adopt this technology along with multimodality imaging equipments like mammography, ultrasound and MRI. It therefore, offers a diverse choice to the patient for better diagnosis.

Dr. Jyoti Arora, who is a leading breast interventional radiologist in India and senior consultant radiologist at Medanta - the Medicity, is a regular user of this technology. She says “This technology is currently the one stop solution for all breast biopsy requirements and is highly recommended for difficult lesions when we can’t target them under other modalities like ultrasound and mammography. The Vacuum Assisted Breast Biopsy technology increases the efficiency, accuracy and eases of targeting such small breast lesions and therefore is practiced as a gold standard across the globe.”

Dr. Arora, also said that this technology is now being used to remove small benign (no- cancerous) breast lumps after careful patient selection. This whole scar free procedure can be done under local anesthetic as an OPD procedure. The major advantages are: It is fast, with minimal access, scar free, with quick healing time and no risk of general anesthesia.

With the ground-breaking Vacuum Assisted Breast Biopsy Technology, the biopsy for these small lesions can now be performed under MRI guidance. MRI helps guide the doctor to the site of abnormality and the procedure requires only local anesthesia, reducing the whole procedure to a comfortable 45 minutes. The procedure involves a single needle insertion with vacuum pressure under the guidance of the MRI. Without withdrawing and reinserting the needle, multiple samples can be collected, which are larger in size than a conventional needle biopsy procedure. Larger samples increase the accuracy of the diagnosis.

With awareness on regular breast screenings on the rise in India across all age-groups and these high technology procedures being adopted by leading healthcare institutions like Medanta  - The Medicity and other hospitals, India is sure to become the leading destination for world class healthcare solutions and patient care.