Comprehensive Approach to Breast Health

With multiple locations throughout Chicagoland, you have convenient access to specialists and state-of-the-art facilities across Northern Illinois, close to home and work. And although we have multiple sites of care, we are truly one integrated team, working together to help support breast health across all of our locations.

That means you have access to more resources, such as:

• A rapid second opinion from an expert based at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, one of the top-ranked hospitals in the U.S. for Oncology by U.S. News & World Report, 2021–2022
• Novel therapies that give you additional treatment options
• Specialized technology
• Convenient access to services

From preventive care and cancer risk assessment to treatment and recovery, our mission is to be your breast health partner for life.

At Northwestern Medicine, you will have access to physicians exclusively focused on breast health and breast cancer as well as a complete range of diagnostic and treatment options, including:

• Comprehensive oncology genetics
• Advanced surgical techniques
• Multiple types of radiation therapy, including conventional treatments, short-course treatment for those with early-stage breast cancer and proton therapy
• The latest medical therapies
• Innovative treatments through clinical trials

Care You Can Trust

At Northwestern Medicine, our commitment to offering you better breast health care is reflected in our multiple, national accreditations and recognition from prestigious organizations, demonstrating excellence in the spectrum of services. These organizations include:

• National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC)
• American College of Surgery Commission on Cancer
• American College of Radiology (ACR) “Breast Imaging Center of Excellence”

In addition, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, with its oncology program at Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, is ranked among the top 10 cancer programs in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report, 2021–2022. With our clinical care teams collaborating across Northwestern Medicine, access to this level of care, including the latest treatment advances and clinical trials, extends to patients at all of our locations.

Lurie Cancer Center provides national leadership in patient care, research and education as a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a nonprofit alliance of leading cancer centers dedicated to quality, effectiveness and efficiency of cancer care. As part of the NCCN, Lurie Cancer Center helped set the national standards for cancer care so that patients can live better lives.