Women's Services
Betty Wallace Women's
Health Centre
Located at Trillium
Health Centre - West Toronto, the Betty Wallace Women's Health
Centre specializes in screening and early intervention for
breast cancer and screening for osteoporosis.
The Centre offers women with potential
breast disease or osteoporosis a place where they can see
a team of specialists and have most of their screening and
initial intervention procedures conducted in one convenient
location.
Services include
mammography, bone densitometry and surgical consultations,
and breast ultrasound. The bone mineral densitometry
examination is performed on a state-of-the-art LUNAR Prodigy
unit capable of completing a patient's bone density exam in
half the time of conventional bone density units.
Stereotactic breast
biopsies can also be done on-site, allowing small samples
from breast tissue to be obtained for laboratory analysis.
The procedure is completed with a minimum of discomfort, on
an outpatient basis by a radiologist.
The Women's Health
Centre is designed with its own private entrance, lots of
natural light, wood, and tones of coral, cream and lavender,
creating a spa-like setting for screening and treatment.
Respecting the needs of a diverse female population, the Centre
offers women two-piece gowns with the option of wearing a
mid-length or a full-length wrap-around skirt. The Centre
is also wheelchair accessible.
The Women's Health
Centre is an Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) certified
affiliate site. Women over the age of 50 who have no
previous history of breast cancer can self refer for screening
mammography. The OBSP ensures that all women receive
high quality mammograms, a clinical breast examination by
a specially trained nurse examiner and information about breast
self-examination.
The Betty Wallace
Women's Health Centre is named in memory of Betty Wallace,
a community resident who lost her courageous battle with breast
cancer in 1993.
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