My humble thanks to Epworth Medical Foundation for sharing the following words.
George Stamas AM and Jaqui Maree Stamas continue to demonstrate extraordinary support of patients at Epworth.
As major sponsors of the Epworth Race Day, via GJK Facility Services, George and Jaqui Maree were instrumental in the funding of a Trident Imaging System, a portable x‐ray machine that is used during breast cancer surgery to help determine whether all the tumour cells have been removed.
As Dr Chantel Thornton reflected:
“During surgery, I want to make sure I’ve got all the cancer. But to do that, I need to take an image of the sample because you can’t necessarily feel or see the cancer cell. They can be absolutely microscopic, and something only the very best imaging can capture.
“With the Trident, I’d have an image of the specimen right there on the screen in front of me, in real time. If I’ve removed all the cancer, I could complete the surgery straight away, and if there was a rogue cell at the margin that indicated I’d need to take a further sample, I could see it immediately.”
As a centre of excellence in breast cancer care, Epworth attracts patients from across Australia to seek treatment from our world-class breast cancer surgeons. As a result, this is the second Trident Imaging System that George and Jaqui Maree have funded, enabling the very best care of patients.
