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The Journal of the Association of Community Cancer Centers
Breast Care
Read about model breast care programs and new diagnostics and treatments for breast cancer.
2009
A Pilot High-Risk Breast and Ovarian Cancer Surveillance Program
by Darcy Burbage; Emily Penman; Renie Mullaney; Jacqueline Napoletano; Zohra Ali-Kahn Catts; and Lois Torgerson
All women face some risk, but the likelihood of developing breast or ovarian cancer is much higher in those who carry an alteration in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.
Establishing a Breast Care Network in a Nine-facility Healthcare System
by Esther Muscari Desimini; Toni T. Rice; David R. Williams; Peter Marmerstein; Patrick W. Farrell; Howard Faunce; Melanie A. Fidler; Jacquelyn P. Hogge; Laura Mower; and Margaret G. Lewis
Here's how a performance improvement project at one community cancer center was expanded into a health system-wide project that reduced the number of patients leaving the healthcare system, increased patient volume, and improved patient and referring physician satisfaction.
Developing a Successful Women's Imaging Program at South Nassau Communities Hospital
by Cat Taylor and Chad Schaeffer
From putting together a multidisciplinary project team to developing a five-step feasibility process to tracking programmatic success, here’s how one community cancer center improved breast imaging services for its patients.
2008
Breast Care: Building a Center of Excellence: Faulkner Hospital's Model for Comprehensive Breast Health Care
by Susan Dempsey, Monique J. Marino, and Amanda Patton
Healthcare innovations typically launch from major medical centers and then branch out through the nation’s community hospital network. An exception is the comprehensive model for breast health care that began nearly four decades ago at Faulkner Hospital, the 150-bed community teaching hospital partner of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Breast Care: The Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center
by Lillie Shockney
When the Johns Hopkins Breast program was established two decades ago, breast cancer was a disease on the rise. It was apparent that a dedicated program addressing the needs of women with breast cancer would be of paramount importance to a successful women's health program.
Breast Care: Building a State-of-the-Art Breast Imaging Facility
by David Church and Beverly Henson
The new Bearden-Josey Center for Breast Health at Spartanburg Regional Hospital, Spartanburg, S.C., is a state-of-the-art imaging center consolidating digital mammography, ultrasound, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast MRI, and bone densitometry into one easily accessible outpatient location.
Making the Transition to Digital Mammography
an interview with Mary Hayes and Carina Marrero
Here's how one healthcare system transitioned to digital mammography, including a discussion of the decision-making and implementation processes, programmatic benefits, and staff productivity.
ACCC's "Comprehensive Breast Care Program 2004" Supplement
- Creating a Successful Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Conference
- Anne Arundel Medical Center’s Model Breast Center
- Comprehensive Breast Care Programs: What's in a Name?
- A Model Breast Care Center at George Washington University Medical Center
- The Role of a Breast Cancer Nurse Case Manager
Additional Resources: Trials and Treatment
Partial Breast Irradiation: Continuing the Retreat from Halstedian Breast Cancer Management
by Thomas B. Julian and Eleftherios P. Mamounas
Here's a look at the four basic techniques for devlivering partial breast irradiation, as well as a discussion of the large-scale randomized clinical trial currently comparing the treatment to whole breast irradiation.
NSABP B–39/RTOG 0413 Clinical Trial
by Deborah Norris and Thomas B. Julian
Three forms of partial breast irradiation, multi-catheter brachytherapy, MamoSite balloon catheter, and 3D CRT, are compared to whole breast irradiation.
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer and Melanoma
by Joseph J. Bennett
Read about the promise that this technique holds.
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