SEQUIM — This year’s Harvest of Hope Wine & Dinner Gala on Sept. 27 will raise funds to purchase equipment for breast cancer surgeries that would make Olympic Medical Center the first in the state to offer the cutting-edge technology.

The $175,000 3D Clarix Breast Specimen Imager gives surgeons real-time, 360-degree clarity on tumor margins during surgery to ensure all of the abnormal tissue has been removed.

That reduces the need for repeat surgeries.

“It will revolutionize breast cancer surgery here,” said Dr. Sandra Tatro, a cancer surgeon at OMC.

The Olympic Medical Center Foundation will host the 23rd annual Harvest of Hope Wine & Dinner Gala at 5 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 5:45 p.m

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