Breast Cancer Prevention Center

Are you concerned about your risk for breast cancer?

Evaluations are available at the following convenient locations:

• UH Breen Women's Health Pavilion at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
• University Hospitals Minoff Health Center at Chagrin Highlands
• St. John Medical Center

Highly Trained Breast Cancer Specialists

To help patients understand their specific breast cancer risk factors and monitor these on a long-term basis, the Center for Breast Cancer Prevention provides patients with highly trained specialists in the field, including:

• Surgical oncologists
• Radiologists
• Medical oncologists
• Nurse practitioners
• Pathologists
• Plastic surgeons
• Radiation oncologists
• Medical geneticists
• Genetic counselors
• Social workers
• Nurse navigators

Partnering with Referring Physicians

Together, our team of board-certified physicians and cancer specialists help referring physicians determine if the patient is at high risk of developing breast cancer by:

• Evaluating a wide range of factors to help patients understand their true risk of developing breast cancer, whether it is average or greater than the general population
• Offering BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing, if indicated by the patient’s family history
• Offering patients a personalized plan for risk reduction and follow-up breast cancer screening, according to the degree of risk determined
• Providing patients with genetic counseling
• Providing patients with the opportunity for additional testing, including gene panel tests and state-of-the-art genetic sequencing, when appropriate
• Providing referring physicians a report and a copy of the patient’s personalized plan
• Providing same-day breast imaging