Diagnostic Expertise and Innovations
Early Diagnosis Is Key to Successful Treatment
The encouraging news is that breast cancer is being detected earlier. The majority of new breast cancers show no signs that the cancer has spread beyond the breast. With prompt treatment, the outlook for women with breast cancer is good. When cancer is detected early, treatment can not only save your life but also your breast.
The Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center strives to provide state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques and expertise in determining the individual patients course of breast cancer treatment. Our expert multidisciplinary team at the Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center meet on a weekly basis to review patient cases and diagnostic scans to bring their collective knowledge and expertise in different specialties together to indiviualize patient treatment. Listed below are the comprehensive diagnostic services available:
Early Detection and Screening
- Early Detection
- Recommended Guidelines for Mammograms
- Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
- Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk
Imaging
- Screening Mammogram
- Diagnostic Mammogram
- Mammogram Screening Guidelines
- Marcia Israel Mammography Center
- Ultrasound
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Biopsy
- Biopsy
- Image-Guided
- Fine Needle
- Core Needle
- Needle Localized Breast Biopsy
- Incisional
- Excisional
- Sentinel Node
- Axillary Node Dissection
- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
Stages of Breast Cancer
After the diagnostic tests and staging surgery, the specialists at the Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center can determine the stage of breast cancer and the most effective treatment.
