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expandinG access to innovative health caRe

dR. Ben and Katie wandtKe

Thompson Health will enter a new used only for speciic patients,” says excellence will serve both Canandaigua
dimension in breast cancer detection Dr. Wandtke, who also is an Assistant and the neighboring Finger Lakes

when it opens our Women’s Health Professor of Imaging Sciences at the communities well, and Katie and I
and Wellness Center within the next
University of Rochester Medical Center. are proud to be a part of such a

12 months, and as Thompson’s Chief of “Thompson Health will offer this special project.”
Diagnostic Imaging, Ben Wandtke, MD, exciting technological advancement to
“Having access to the Sands Cancer
is uniquely positioned to help expand each and every patient we care for.”
access to the facility’s state-of-the-art Center right here in our community
When Dr. Wandtke and his wife Katie for her weekly treatments saved my
mammography technology.
discuss their personal efforts to help mom valuable time, which she was
Breast tomosynthesis – also known
expand access to innovative health able to spend with her new

as 3D mammography – is the latest care and keep it close to home, their grandchildren, and that really helped
breakthrough in breast cancer words come straight from the heart. her recover,” Katie adds. “She felt

detection. It provides a clearer, more Katie’s mother was diagnosed with extremely comfortable with her care
accurate, layer-by-layer view of the breast cancer shortly before the birth at Thompson and enjoyed sharing

breast and allows doctors to more of the couple’s 3-year-old twins. The pictures and stories with the entire
effectively pinpoint the size, shape Wandtkes also have a 1-year-old son.
oncology team. We couldn’t be more

and location of any abnormalities. This enthusiastic about supporting the new
can lead to better detection, fewer “Our family has experienced
Women’s Health and Wellness Center.”
breast cancer irsthand and
callbacks and greater peace of mind.
understands the value of establishing
“Breast tomosynthesis was introduced continuity of care closer to home,”

in the Greater Rochester community explains Dr. Wandtke. “Developing
in the past couple of years, but is
a regional center for breast imaging

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