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Guidelines for sites linking to mayoclinic.orgMayo Clinic provides comprehensive breast cancer screening, evaluation, education and treatment. Mayo Clinic physicians diagnose and treat more than 1,300 new patients with breast cancer each year. Mayo Clinic is among the most active breast cancer research facilities in the world. A team of medical professionals from several specialties provide innovative treatment strategies and supportive care to make patients' medical care as effective and comfortable as possible. Mayo physicians work with patients to develop personalized treatment plans for their unique needs. For example, genetic counseling is available for patients with a family history of breast cancer.
Mayo offers state-of-the-art screening and diagnostic services, including mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, MRI-guided breast biopsies and surgical biopsies. The Mayo Clinic staff understands the anxiety associated with a breast condition and works to give patients the most prompt diagnosis possible. Mayo Clinic offers routine 24- to 48-hour turnaround for biopsy scheduling and availability of results. Read more about breast cancer diagnosis.
At Mayo Clinic the patient and health care team members will discuss the most appropriate approach for care. The treatment plan may include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or hormone therapy, or some combination of these. If surgery is an option, a surgeon will be consulted. If radiation therapy is to be considered, a radiation oncologist will be consulted. A medical oncologist discusses with patients the potential use of hormone therapy and chemotherapy. Read more about
breast cancer treatment options.
Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer deaths in American women. More than 200,000 American women are diagnosed annually with breast cancer. Nearly 40,000 women die annually of breast cancer. However, early detection is now emphasized so women can catch the disease in its early stages — when a cure is most likely — and great strides in treatment have been made in the last 25 years.
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