October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month world-wide and to celebrate this important campaign, the Paradise Private Hospital has officially recently introduced a brand-new mammogram machine as part of its medical services.

Technically known as Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT), mammography machine will allow doctors to detect early stages of breast cancer, through a simple and harmless test which feels and look pretty much like an X-ray machine. The only difference is that the machine takes many low-dose x-rays as it moves in an arc over the breast, instead than a single one.

Although it may sound fairly easy, it is actually quite a complicated difference from a technical issue, hence the extremely high prices of this state-of-the-art medical equipment.

“The idea of having a mammogram started as soon as Robin and I decided to buy this hospital from the previous owners, back in 2004” says Janet Sios, the co-founder of the Paradise Private Hospital, together with her husband, Dr. Robin Sios.