St. Joseph’s/Candler has five imaging centers, plus the mobile mammography unit to serve women across the region

Death rates from breast cancer have been dropping for the last 20 years. Researchers believe that’s due to early detection through screening and increased awareness.

“Mammography is the best detection for early breast cancer,” says Pattie Barnes, St. Joseph’s/Candler mammographer. “It’s the standard of care.”

A mammogram is radiographic imaging of the breast to detect and evaluate breast changes. St. Joseph’s/Candler offers 3D digital mammograms for screening and diagnostic purposes. 3D mammography takes multiple images of the breast from different angles, creating a detailed three-dimensional picture.

Yearly breast cancer screenings are recommended for women beginning at age 40, unless there’s a family history. If, for example, your mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 45, you should start screening 10 years prior, at 35.

“I know people have that stigma in their mind that it hurts or it’s painful, but we are finding things – three, four, five milliliters – on mammograms that we never found before,” says Barnes. “We are keeping patients from having huge lumpectomies, and we are finding it before it can spread.”

If you need a mammogram or the next time your annual checkup comes around, St. Joseph’s/Candler has several convenient locations to schedule your screening mammogram. These are:

Telfair Pavilion
5353 Reynolds Street (First floor at Candler Hospital)
Savannah, Ga. 31405
912-819-7000

Telfair Breast Imaging Center – Eisenhower
527 Eisenhower Drive
Savannah, Ga. 31406
912-691-1460

St. Joseph’s Hospital Imaging
11705 Mercy Blvd.,
Savannah, Ga. 31419
912-819-2452

SJ/C Imaging Center – Pooler
101 St. Joseph’s/Candler Drive
Pooler, Ga. 31322
912-748-0068

SJ/C Imaging Center – Bluffton
10-A Oak Forest Road,
Bluffton, SC 29910
843-836-4300

Mobile Mammography Unit
St. Joseph’s/Candler also offers its Mobile Mammography Unit, the “Screen Machine,” to women in Savannah and the outlying rural areas. The mammography unit accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available for women who are at least 40 years old, uninsured and meet certain financial qualifications.

Having a mammogram on the Screen Machine is safe and confidential and offers the same level of care provided at any of our imaging locations.

Visit our events page for a schedule of upcoming Mobile Mammography Unit locations or call 912-819-6800 to schedule an appointment.