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Finding Hope for your Recurrent Breast Cancer
When you're facing breast cancer for a second time (recurrent breast cancer), access to expert care and clinical trials can give you answers and the best path forward. At Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Rochester, Minnesota, you will find the most promising treatments and global experts in your specific type of cancer — all within an unmatched care experience grounded in compassion and support.
Your treatment plan will be built just for you and will consider the extent of your recurrent disease — local, regional, or metastatic — the type of treatment you received for your first breast cancer, your overall health, and your goals and preferences for treatment.
The right care, right away.
At Mayo Clinic, appointments are unhurried, allowing your team of experts to take the time to get to know you and develop the best plan of care for your diagnosis and goals. You’ll receive compassionate support during and after treatment for recurrent breast cancer, and your team will help you consider every aspect of your care including:
- Personalized team-based care
- Advanced diagnostics & imaging
- Novel clinical trial options, including Mayo Clinic investigator-initiated studies
- Innovative procedures & treatments
A team of experts collaborating for you.
Imagine having all your breast specialists — surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and health specialists — in one location to offer you the best experience and treatment options. That’s the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center approach. Seamless collaboration among our experts ensures you receive comprehensive, life-affirming care. Our dedicated breast cancer team is here to guide you through every step, from early screening to personalized treatment and survivorship support.
Get the future of breast cancer treatment today.
Designated as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center focuses on patient-centered care while developing novel treatments. Our clinical trials introduce new medications, novel surgical techniques, and alternate radiation plans. There is no placebo group, so every patient receives treatment. Our trials ensure that everyone receives standard care while evaluating newer medications that have shown significant benefits, offering more effective and safer treatment options.
Mayo Clinic is also one of seven Breast Cancer Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in the United States. Investigators at Mayo Clinic have a track record for identifying new discoveries and translating them into breast cancer care.
Breast cancer care at the #1 cancer hospital in the Midwest.
Mayo Clinic is the #1 cancer hospital in the Midwest, according to U.S. News & World Report. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center, which reflects our scientific excellence in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
When it's time to find answers, you know where to go.
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is designated by the National Cancer Institute as a comprehensive cancer center.
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center is nationally accredited by the American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer (CoC).
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