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Karon McCormick, a Colorado Springs resident, is a true believer in getting an annual mammogram. She had one at Memorial Hospital, and the test saved her life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A little voice in Karon McCormick\u2019s head told her: \u201cGo do it. Just go do it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

McCormick, 64, a former dental hygienist, has always been religious about getting a yearly mammogram, especially after her twin sister was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 45. Still, the thought of another mammogram after years with clean findings left her feeling indifferent to the idea.<\/p>\n

That little voice, though. She scheduled a three-dimensional mammogram at the Mary Lou Beshears Breast Care Center – Printers Park\u00a0<\/a> in November. Good thing she did. Doctors found a small tumor in her breast, and a biopsy a short time later showed the tumor was cancerous.<\/p>\n

McCormick\u2019s experience has left her feeling as though she needs to shout from the rooftops about the importance of mammograms and the experience she had at Memorial, which offers 2-D and 3-D mammography and has the most experienced breast cancer team in southern Colorado.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to go door-to-door in my neighborhood and ask people: \u2018How old are you? Have you had your mammogram?\u2019\u2019\u2019 McCormick said with a laugh. \u201cMy twin sister and I know that it is just a 15- to 30-minute appointment once a year. I can\u2019t overstate the importance of early detection. It saves lives.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

After her biopsy, McCormick sat down with Dr. Michelle DeWing<\/a>, medical director of Memorial\u2019s Breast Care program, and Dr. Jane Witter Ridings<\/a>, medical director of Radiation Oncology at Memorial. The physicians explained that they would do a lumpectomy \u2013 remove the tumor \u2013 but also talked to McCormick about Intraoperative radiation therapy.<\/p>\n

IORT is different from traditional radiation therapy, which typically occurs for two to three minutes a day over a period of four weeks. With IORT, Dr. Ridings said, a custom-fitted balloon with an X-ray tube is inserted into the cavity left after the lumpectomy is complete. A small X-ray source then radiates any microscopic cancerous cells left in the tissue that had surrounded the tumor. The entire radiation treatment is completed while the patient is still in the operating room.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ridings explained to McCormick that she was a good candidate for IORT because she had a small, non-aggressive type of cancer and was over the age of 60. Only occasionally will an IORT patient require an additional three- to five-week course of conventional external radiation, depending on the final pathology.<\/p>\n

UCHealth\u2019s Memorial Hospital and Poudre Valley Hospital share a registry study for UCHealth patients receiving IORT. Since Memorial did its first IORT procedure in southern Colorado in June 2014, 40 women have received the treatment at Memorial. At PVH, which began providing IORT in 2012, 47 women have received the treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my knowledge, our patients have had no recurrences,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Ridings said, referring to both Memorial and PVH.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a unique partnership with Poudre Valley Hospital. Because we\u2019re all UCHealth, we share the X-ray equipment. We put it on a truck and move it down Interstate 25.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCormick had the procedure on a Monday. Dr. DeWing called on Friday and told McCormick that she was free of cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to live!\u2019\u2019 McCormick said after hearing the news.<\/p>\n

Dr. DeWing said McCormick is a \u201ccase in point\u201d for the importance of annual mammograms. McCormick\u2019s tumor was very small (only 3 mm) when detected. Had she skipped the mammogram, the cancer could have grown and been more difficult to treat.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is my Poster Child,\u201d DeWing said. \u201cWomen are afraid to get mammograms because they say, \u2018what if they find something?\u2019 If we find it early, that\u2019s a good thing. Breast cancer is not the death sentence that it used to be.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Dr. DeWing said that cancer outcomes have improved 30 percent since the 1980s.<\/p>\n

\u201cBreast cancer can be just a bump in the road for people if we catch it early. There is life after breast cancer,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

McCormick, who may be knocking on doors in Colorado Springs, said she is grateful for the care she received at Memorial.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say enough about the excellent care and attention I have received from Dr. DeWing and Dr. Ridings and their staffs,\u2019\u2019 McCormick said. \u201cEveryone from\u00a0the radiologist, Dr. Jason Allen, and the radiology techs at Memorial, the receptionists, the nurse navigators \u2026 they were nothing short of outstanding. Our health care providers are truly bright lights in a fallen world, and they deserve much more credit and gratitude than they receive. I am forever in their debt.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Mammography locations<\/h3>\n

Metro Denver<\/strong>
\nDiane O\u2019Connor Thompson Breast Center \u2013 Anschutz<\/a>
\nLone Tree Breast Center \u2013 Lone Tree<\/a><\/p>\n

Northern Colorado<\/strong>
\nBreast Diagnostic Center \u2013 Fort Collins<\/a>
\nBreast Imaging \u2013 Greeley<\/a>
\nBreast Diagnostic Center \u2013 Loveland<\/a><\/p>\n

Southern Colorado\/Colorado Springs<\/strong>
\nMary Lou Beshears Breast Care Center \u2013 Briargate<\/a>
\nMary Lou Beshears Breast Care Center \u2013 Printers Park<\/a><\/p>\n

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