We’re here to be your partner in breast health.
MemorialCare Breast Centers are among the most comprehensive breast cancer centers in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Our compassionate physicians and staff are solely dedicated to the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. MemorialCare Breast Centers are on the leading edge of breast care—equipped with state-of-the-art digital and 3D mammography.
Whether you’re visiting our MemorialCare Breast Centers for a routine mammogram or with needs that are more urgent, our goal is to help you maintain optimal breast health. Our multi-disciplinary team of expert physicians, surgeons, technologists and clinicians take a comprehensive, coordinated approach to treating breast cancer.
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Medical director, breast surgery, MemorialCare Breast Center, Long Beach Medical Center. “Oncoplastic breast surgery combines removal of the cancer with plastic surgery techniques – the best combination of science and art.”- Dr. Rayhanabad.
“If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer or if you have some close family members who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer, you may be a candidate for genetic counseling.”- Molly Lehman, genetic counselor, MemorialCare Todd Cancer Institute, Long Beach Medical Center.
Breast Cancer Survivor and Director of Oncology Services at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center, urges women to get their mammograms.
“An important question to ask is – who is reading my mammogram? Look for fellowship-trained, sub-specialized breast radiologists.” – Dr. Samantha Kubaska, MD, Sub-specialized breast radiologist at the MemorialCare Breast Centers.
“We utilize something called Deep Inspiration Breath Hold to move her heart out of the way of the radiation beam when she takes a deep breath in.”- Linda Chan, MD, Medical Director, Radiation Oncology at Saddleback Medical Center and Long Beach Medical Center.
Medical Director of Breast Imaging at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center, discusses the benefits of 3-D Mammography.
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Osteoporosis is a process that develops within the bones and makes them fragile and more likely to fracture. Anyone can develop osteoporosis, but it is common in older women. According to studies, 25 percent of men and 50 percent of women over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis.
More than 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. Breast cancer accounts for more than 30 percent of all cancers found in women.
Benign breast disease, also known as benign breast conditions, are noncancerous disorders that affect the breast.
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Women of all ages are encouraged to perform monthly self-exams to feel for any changes or lumps in the breasts. Self-exams allow you to be very familiar with your breasts, making it easier to detect when there is a change.
As screening mammograms detect smaller cancers, minimal breast surgery can be used to remove tumors. In order to localize these small tumors for the breast surgeon, the procedure called preoperative wire localization is utilized.
Not all breasts are the same. In fact, 40% of women have dense breast tissue which is associated with a slight increased risk of developing breast cancer. More importantly, dense breast tissue can mask a breast cancer on a traditional 2D mammogram or mimic one when none exists.
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Biotherapy (also called biological therapy or immunotherapy) is a treatment to activate or repair the ability of the body’s immune system to fight cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, infections, and other diseases.
As part of the cancer care multi-disciplinary team, radiation oncologists coordinate every aspect of care with oncologists, radiologists, surgeons and pathologists to provide personalized treatment plans for each patient.
Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer with cytotoxic drugs. Chemotherapy is a systemic therapy; it usually treats the whole body, as opposed to radiotherapy or surgery that provides focused treatment to a specific area of the body.
Located throughout Orange County and Los Angeles County, MemorialCare-affiliated physicians are locally and nationally recognized in their area of expertise. We've made it easy to find a quality healthcare provider right in your own backyard.
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