Ascension Saint Joseph Chicago - UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center provides prevention and screening for women at risk for breast cancer.
Being at high-risk for developing breast cancer can leave you with questions and uncertainty. At Ascension Saint Joseph Chicago - UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, your doctor and care team are here to listen, support you and answer your questions. Understanding your risk and getting recommended screenings may help detect cancer early. Your care team works with you to create a personalized care plan and connect you to the care that you need.
The Ascension Illinois Cancer Prevention and Wellness Program is dedicated to helping women manage their breast health through prevention and monitoring. Women who may benefit from this program include those with:
Our comprehensive Cancer Prevention and Wellness Program provides care plans tailored to your individual risk. Breast specialists perform risk assessments to help determine your lifetime risk for breast cancer. Based on your risk, our dedicated Advanced Practice Provider (APP) breast-certified women’s health nurse practitioner supports you with next steps for early detection and long-term breast health.
If breast cancer is detected, you’ll have access to a team of breast surgeons and cancer specialists who work together to create a treatment plan that’s right for you.
The Cancer Prevention and Wellness Program includes:
Breast cancer is often more treatable when found early. Women at high-risk can benefit from more frequent and advanced screening, such as breast MRI in addition to mammography.
Your Ascension Illinois doctors and care teams focus on your overall wellness. They work with you to create a personalized wellness plan that supports your health goals. With health coaching and goal setting, your wellness plan may include:
Our care team shares your wellness plan with your primary care doctor and helps connect you to specialists that support your optimal wellbeing.
To learn more or to schedule an appointment, call 773-665-8428. Virtual visits may be available.
To diagnose breast cancer, your doctor may recommend testing, such as:
The latest imaging supports mammogram screening and diagnostic tests for advanced care, including 3D mammograms, breast ultrasound, abbreviated breast MRI and magnetic seed and needle (wire) localization biopsy.
If you have a higher risk or family history of cancer, your doctor may recommend genetic screening, testing or counseling.
Call to schedule an appointment:
At Ascension Illinois, we offer a comprehensive approach to identifying and monitoring an individual’s risk for developing breast cancer.
Breast reconstruction is surgery to create a new breast shape in place of a breast that has been removed (mastectomy). It can be done with implants or with tissue from another part of your body. Sometimes both are used to rebuild a breast shape. The breast mound created comes as close as possible to the shape and look of a natural breast.
Surgery may be done to reconstruct either one breast (unilateral) or both breasts (bilateral). The goal of the unilateral reconstruction is to create a breast mound that matches the other breast. If both breasts have been removed, the goal of the surgery is to create both breast mounds about the size of your natural breasts.
Hormones are chemicals made by glands, like the thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, ovaries and testicles. Hormones help some types of cancer cells grow. Some cancers that might be sensitive to hormones and be treated with hormone therapy include breast, prostate, thyroid, endometrial, and adrenal cancers. Hormone therapy can make the cancer cells grow more slowly or stop them from growing.
As a cancer treatment, hormone therapy may mean taking medicines that block the activity of the hormone, prevent the body from producing the hormone or alter the hormone. Sometimes hormone therapy involves surgically removing the gland that's making the hormones.
During a mastectomy, your surgeon removes all or part of your breast or breasts to treat breast cancer. There are several types of mastectomy, including total mastectomy and partial mastectomy. Your breast surgeon will discuss your options with you.
Advanced radiation therapy is used to target and destroy cancer cells while preserving the surrounding healthy tissue.
Your cancer care team provides support from nutrition education and counseling to breast cancer support groups and spiritual care. At Ascension Saint Joseph Chicago - UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center , our healing gardens and chapels are always open to patients and your loved ones. We offer supportive care and activities for the whole you. For more information:
CALL 844-952-4673 for Alexian Brother and Saint Alexius
Call (773) 665-9920 for Saint Joseph- Chicago
Get the confidence and peace of mind that your doctor and care plan are right for you. It's easy to get a second opinion at Ascension Saint Joseph Chicago - UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center. We can review your medical records and healthcare history to answer your questions and discuss options. When you’re facing a new breast cancer diagnosis or are deciding on a surgical or therapeutic treatment plan, there’s a lot to think about. Our Chicago breast cancer specialists can provide a second opinion, based on our experience and as part of a national team of care.
Before your appointment, check with your insurance company to find out if a second opinion is covered. We can request your medical records on your behalf, so they can be shared with your care team before your arrival.
To learn how to get a referral, call:
Ascension Saint Joseph Chicago - UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center
2845 North Sheridan Rd #1300
Chicago, IL 60657
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