Diagnosing and Treating Cancer

UPMC Hamot utilizes a range of technologies in diagnosing cancer, including:

• Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy 
• 4 multi-slice CT scanners including 16- and 64-slice units 
• 4, 1.5T short-bore high-strength MRI 
• Full-field digital mammography
• 3D mammography (tomosynthesis)
• Breast MRI
• Breast ultrasound
• Stereostatic, ultrasound, and MRI-guided breast biopsies

• Chemoembolization
• Robotic Surgery
• HALO radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s Esophagus
• Brachytherapy
• Cryotherapy 
• Transanal endoscopic microsurgery
• Thyroid cancer l-131 treatment