U-Systems announced today that Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula’s Breast Care Center has initiated participation in the SOMO·INSIGHT Clinical Study. The first breast center in California to participate, Community Hospital is recruiting participants for the national clinical study designed to evaluate whether digital mammography in combination with the somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS) from U-Systems is more sensitive to detecting breast lesions when compared to mammography alone in women with dense breasts.
“We are pleased to take part in this important study evaluating potential new approaches to the early detection of breast cancer, particularly in women with dense breasts, which historically have been difficult to screen,” said Susan G. Roux, M.D., medical director of the Breast Care Center and principal investigator for the SOMO·INSIGHT clinical study at Community Hospital. “Despite recent criticism of screening, we strongly believe that early detection is critical and we are gratified to be able to provide women in the Monterey Peninsula area with access to a technology that could potentially detect tumors earlier in the fight against breast cancer.”