University Surgeons: New and Exciting Advances in Breast Cancer

		Phone: 312-942-6500
	1725 W. HARRISON STREET, SUITE 810 CHICAGO, IL 60612	Fax: 312-563-2080
	At Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center and Rush Medical College

New and Exciting Advances in Breast Cancer:

Brachytherapy - new method of delivery of radiation that greatly shortens the course of treatment.
Ductal Lavage - new office procedure for early detection of breast cancer.
Ductoscopy - new procedure can be done in the office with immediate sampling of ductal masses.
Cryosurgery - benign breast lesions can be destroyed with cryosurgery instead of excision.
Breast biopsies - office ultrasound allows the surgeon to do breast biopsies in the office instead of the operating room.
Fibrocystic changes - find out more about this very common condition.

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