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Healthwire
February 2007
LOCAL NEWSWIRE
The Oakwood Breast Care Center-Dearborn recently opened its new fully digital breast care facility in the Oakwood Dearborn Medical Park, Suite 200, across the street from Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center on Oakwood Boulevard. Oakwood is developing a service guarantee for all patients who access the center, including same day/next day mammograms, online appointment scheduling, same-day diagnostic mammogram results, individual coordination of care through a nurse navigator, close communication with each patient’s primary care physician, minimally invasive biopsy options, and access to information and support groups. The Southeastern Michigan Physicians Foundation contributed $750,000 for completion of the center. To learn more, call 800.543.WELL or visit www.oakwood.org.
The Detroit Medical Center has launched a redeveloped Web presence, featuring DMC’s Medical Video Library. The site features journalist Emery King as “Medical Internet Anchorman,” providing viewers with a firsthand look into surgeries, and the latest techniques and procedures. Users can view videos and print versions in English, Spanish and Arabic; forward links to family and friends; and request an appointment with the featured physician by logging onto www.dmc.org.
Preventive cardiology services at the Henry Ford Medical Center, West Bloomfield, have moved across the street to the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 W. Maple Rd. The program provides cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, nutrition counseling and weight management services.
The state’s largest vegetarian group, Veggies in Motion, has changed its name to VegMichigan. Metro Detroit-based VegMichigan is a 7-year-old nonprofit organization promoting awareness of the health, ecological and ethical consequences of food choices. The group sponsors educational classes, lectures, potlucks, a dinner club and social outings, plus a monthly e-newsletter with more than 2,000 subscribers. For details, visit www.vegmichigan.org or call 877.778.3464.
BREAST CANCER PATIENTS MAY WANT SECOND OPINION
More than half of breast cancer patients who sought a second opinion from a multidisciplinary tumor board received a change in their recommended treatment plan, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. A multidisciplinary tumor board includes a network of specialists from disciplines devoted to treating breast cancer, including surgery, radiation oncology, radiology and pathology.
Researchers looked at records of 149 patients referred to the U-M center’s multidisciplinary breast tumor board for a second opinion. The patients had been diagnosed with breast cancer after undergoing evaluation, breast imaging and biopsy, and had a treatment recommendation from another hospital or care provider.
Overall, 52 percent of the patients evaluated had one or more changes in their recommendations for surgery. The changes were a result of breast-imaging specialists reading a mammogram differently, or breast pathologists interpreting biopsy results differently. In some cases, the initial recommendation was changed after the case was reviewed by oncologists prior to surgery, because new surgical techniques had not been considered. Results of the study appeared in the November 15, 2006 issue of the journal Cancer.