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Breast Care Services

For more information, please call one of the following:
Breast Care Services Program Manager - (608) 287-2933
Meriter Community Resources Library - (608) 417-5900
Meriter Support Resources - (608) 417-5900

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Meriter and UW Health are committed to helping all patients improve breast health at all stages of life. From prevention and screening procedures to diagnostic services and treatment of breast disease, our physicians and staff provide the compassion and expertise you deserve.

Our Breast Care Services are available through the UW Health 1 S. Park Clinic and Meriter Hospital; both are located near the Park Street and Regent Street intersection in Madison. Convenient surface and ramp parking is available and the buildings are connected via a climate-controlled skywalk. Please visit the Visitor Information section for maps and driving directions.
 

Education and Support

Our Breast Care Services Manager is devoted to helping you with any of your breast health concerns and promoting continued improvement of your care. She will educate you about breast health and be a contact person throughout the diagnostic process.


Screening Tools

A screening mammogram is a low dose X-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in patients who have no symptoms. A radiologist, specially trained in mammography, will read the films. In most cases, we will read your mammogram within a few days and send your primary care provider a report. We will send you a letter to inform you of the results of your mammogram within thirty days.

Diagnostic Tools

Sometimes a radiologist, after viewing a screening mammogram film, may wish to see additional views. This doesn't necessarily indicate a problem, but rather that a portion of the breast may need to be seen in more detail. This is called a diagnostic mammogram. The radiologist will read the diagnostic films immediately and send a report to your primary care provider. We will also send you a letter to inform you of the results.

Other diagnostic tools that we have available for patients with breast concerns include:

  • Breast ultrasound (diagnostic only)
  • Fine needle aspiration
  • Core needle biopsy
  • Stereotactic core biopsy
  • Galactography and ductography
  • Surgical biopsy
  • Sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy

Treatment Options

In the event you are diagnosed with breast cancer, UW Health and Meriter Hospital offer the latest in technology provided by faculty physicians of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Working with you, staff and faculty from our General Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Oncology Departments are available to provide the needed care.

Other Resources

Other resources we offer related to breast care and breast cancer include:

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