First Breast MRI Unit in Canada at Ville-Marie .

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/R E P E A T/ - Media invitation - On the eve of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 FIRST DEDICATED BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) UNIT IN CANADA TO BE HOISTED INTO PLACE BY CRANE MONTREAL, Sept. 21 /CNW Telbec/ - Just a few days prior to the official start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ville Marie Medical and Women's Health Centre will install, in spectacular fashion, Canada's first dedicated breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit with biopsy capability. At 12:30 p.m. this Friday, September 22, the extremely sensitive device - which will enhance the clinic's breast cancer detection and diagnosis capabilities - will be hoisted to the ninth floor of the clinic by a giant crane. Dr. Nathalie Duchesne, MD. FRCP (c), a radiologist of international renown and Director of the Ville Marie Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre, will be on hand for interviews. 

She will be accompanied by colleagues from her interdisciplinary team of surgeons, oncologists and breast pathologists. The 5,454-kilogram (12,000-pound) load will be lifted from the rear parking lot of the Ville Marie Medical and Women's Health Centre at 1538 Sherbrooke Street West (southeast corner of the Sherbrooke-Guy intersection). The MRI unit will then be coupled to a Sentinel table. The latter is an innovative product developed in Toronto that merges MRI with ultrasound to provide biopsy capability. Once the equipment is installed, Ville Marie Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre will become an international centre of excellence affiliated with the German company Siemens, the Canadian firm Sentinel and the American company SenoRx, a manufacturer of biopsy tools. As a result, radiologists from the world over will come to Montréal to attend training and knowledge-upgrading sessions.  << DATEBOOK WHAT: Interviews and hoisting by crane of Canada's first dedicated breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit with biopsy capability WHEN: Friday, September 22, 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Rear parking lot, Ville Marie Medical and Women's Health Centre, 1538 Sherbrooke Street West WHO: Dr. Nathalie Duchesne, internationally renowned radiologist >> 

For further information: André Bouthillier, François-Olivier Gagnon, (514) 732-4114, (514) 895-0127; Source: Breast-dedicated MRI Center 

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