The dream in breast cancer treatment is a simple one: that one day women will be able to take a pill, and the cancer will disappear.
Until that day, the key to treatment is early detection. And Providence Medford Medical Center's is installing state-of-the-art devices for just that purpose.
3-D imaging machines will help doctors find smaller lumps in breast tissue, allowing earlier diagnosis.
Katie Shepard at the Providence Community Health Foundation joins us with more info.