乳癌是女性癌症中的頭號殺手，新症更加有上升的趨勢。根據醫學統計，證實了早期發現的乳癌，痊癒機率是相當高的。醫學上已有不少證據顯示年齡、生活習慣、人生階段、家族病史都有可能是乳癌的成因。如發現乳房有硬塊，應盡早接受乳癌檢查。透過乳房X光造影檢查，可及早發現初期乳癌、良性腫瘤或乳腺增生等問題。

我們會利用X光儀器，分別從多面透視拍攝壓迫下的乳房，就可以仔細檢驗乳房的健康狀況，在很多國家都被確認為一種有效檢查乳癌的方法。乳房X光造影檢查能測試出超聲波找不到的極細小的腫瘤，及顯微鈣化點或不規則邊緣的硬塊，甚至許多人手觸診無法診斷的問題，亦能透過此項檢查發現。在檢查過程中，必須將乳房均勻壓平，以取得最好的造影效果，因此可能會引致少許痛楚，但只會維持十數秒。整個乳房X光造影檢查過程約需20-30分鐘。

Breast cancer is the number one killer of female cancers, and new diseases are on the rise. According to statistics, it is confirmed that the early detection of breast cancer has a very high recovery rate. There is a lot of evidence that age, lifestyle, life stage, and family history may all be the cause of breast cancer. If you find lumps in your breasts, you should get breast cancer screening as soon as possible. Through mammography, early stage breast cancer, benign tumors or breast hyperplasia can be detected early.

We can take X Ray images of the compressed breasts from multiple angles and we can carefully examine the health of the breasts. It has been confirmed as an effective method for breast cancer detection in many countries. Mammography can detect very small tumors that cannot be found on ultrasound, as well as microscopic calcifications or lumps with irregular edges. Even many problems that cannot be diagnosed by human hand palpation can also be found through this examination. During the examination, the breast must be evenly flattened to obtain the best imaging effect. This may cause a little pain, but it will only last for a few seconds. The entire mammography examination process takes about 20-30 minutes.

乳房會在兩個平面的壓迫板之間被緊壓，而可能會引起暫時的不適
兩邊乳房會在兩個不同的位置進行掃描
整個程序需時大約10分鐘
輻射劑量非常低，相當於~4張胸部X光

The breast is compressed between 2 flat surfaces
Each breast is scanned in 2 different positions
Whole procedure including positioning takes ~10 minutes
The radiation dose is very low, equivalent to ~4 chest x rays