Breast Cancer
One intimate space. A distinguished care team.
To schedule an appointment, please call 1-844-MD-CANCER.
The Blavatnik Family Chelsea Medical Center at Mount Sinai is world-class care that’s only minutes from your home or work. When you enter our treatment center, the atmosphere more closely resembles a boutique hotel than a cancer center—it’s welcoming, intimate, and comforting.
The specialists at the Blavatnik Center have extensive experience in screening, diagnosing, and treating various types of breast cancer. We understand how difficult a breast cancer diagnosis can be, and our staff is there to help you, providing compassionate and personalized care through every stage of your journey to wellness.
If you want to understand more about your condition, we have a library on site and offer various classes that can help. We also provide other distinctive support services.
Nationally Recognized Expertise
As a nationally recognized teaching medical institution, we offer the most advanced treatments for our patients with breast cancer. Innovative health care includes access to clinical trials at the Chelsea facility or through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Blavatnik Center physicians are all on the faculty at the Icahn School of Medicine, so you have access to the resources of The Tisch Cancer Institute at The Mount Sinai Hospital, a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, which offers a multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatments as well as clinical breakthroughs that may one day put an end to cancer.
At the Blavatnik Center, our multidisciplinary breast care team includes:
- Breast surgeons
- Genetic counselors
- Medical oncologists
- Pathologists
- Plastic surgeons
- Radiation oncologists
- Radiologists
- Support service providers
Services We Provide
Your breast health is our primary concern. To help ensure that we make an accurate diagnosis, we perform various tests and procedures ranging from a clinical physical breast examination to advanced digital tomosynthesis imaging and various types of biopsy. We also offer genetic counseling to evaluate your family history and possible BRCA gene mutations, as well as and bone density testing for possible impacts from chemotherapy.
If you receive a breast cancer diagnosis, we have a team of specialists that can help design a treatment plan that works for you. Our team approach ensures that you will receive the most innovative and effective treatments possible. Your treatment options at the Blavatnik Center range from outpatient surgery such as lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation oncology, breast reconstruction, and opportunities to participate in groundbreaking clinical trials.
We encourage you to contact us if you have received a breast cancer diagnosis, have received concerning results from a screening, or you need a second opinion.
Our staff will schedule your appointment as quickly as possible.
Other Conditions We Treat
We are more than breast cancer specialists. Our doctors have extensive experience in treating various benign breast conditions, including:
- Benign breast masses
- Breast infections
- Breast pain
- Enlarged lymph nodes (axillary lymphadenopathy)
- Gynecomastia
- Lumps
- Nipple discharge or lesions, and thickening
Support Services
Our state-of-the-art facility offers you a comfortable environment with a wide range of support services and wellness programs to help you throughout your treatment and recovery.
We have support services specifically designed to help if you are receiving chemotherapy treatments, including:
- Cold cap therapy to reduce or avoid hair loss
- Cosmetic sessions
- And many more support services for cancer patients
