Breast Cancer

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Mayo Clinic offers advanced breast cancer screening and diagnostic services, including digital mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, stereotactic breast biopsies, image-guided breast biopsies and surgical biopsies.

Mayo Clinic's breast specialists understand the anxiety associated with a breast concern or condition and work to give patients prompt, accurate diagnoses. Mayo provides rapid turnaround for biopsy scheduling and availability of results.

At Mayo Clinic breast clinics in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, specialists evaluate and treat many patients with breast-related concerns and complications, including new breast lumps, breast pain, nipple discharge, changes in breast skin, family history of breast cancer, breast cancer risk assessment and abnormal mammograms.

Mayo Clinic's breast care practice offers:

• Accredited full-service screening and diagnostic digital mammography
• Radiologists with expertise in breast imaging and intervention
• State-of-the-art equipment, including digital mammography machines with computer-assisted diagnosis and dedicated breast ultrasound units
• Breast MRI and MRI-guided breast biopsy
• Minimally invasive needle biopsies with stereotactic, ultrasound or MRI guidance
• Rapid turnaround for biopsy scheduling and availability of results
• Expert review of biopsy tissue by breast pathologists

Research shows that medical centers that perform procedures frequently often have better outcomes than medical centers with less experience in those procedures. The highly trained and experienced physicians at Mayo Clinic provide patients with advanced breast cancer screening and diagnosis, treatment options and preventive care.