Treatments for Breast Cancer
Our expert team is devoted to providing compassionate care and leading edge technology to help women survive breast cancer. If you are newly diagnosed with breast cancer you will receive consultations and education to help you understand treatment options and participate fully in your therapy. Our multidisciplinary team of breast specialists, pathologists, surgeons, plastic surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, nurse practitioners, and social workers work together to offer the most comprehensive care possible.
Surgery
Our specialized breast surgeons are experts in breast-sparing surgery. Some types of surgery are lumpectomy, mastectomy, lymph node biopsy, sentinel lymph node biopsy and reconstruction. Your Breast Center health care provider can help determine if surgery is the right treatment for you. Watch a breast cancer surgery video.
Radiation
Our technologically advanced radiation oncology centers at Long Beach Memorial, Orange Coast Memorial and Saddleback Memorial offer MammoSite's Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) radiation therapy – a site-specific radiation therapy completed in one week.
