Breast Center
The Lutheran Comprehensive Breast Center team provides a wide range of breast services to support patients in need of care.
On one central campus, patients are able to access specialists in:
Call (833) 546-4968 to schedule your screening mammogram today at Lutheran Hospital or find a convenient LHN location near you.
During the journey, patients experience four integral steps to cancer care:
A team of nurse navigators provide education, referral to services and support during diagnosis and treatment. The Cancer Resource Center offers several avenues of assistance to patients and their families including complementary therapy resources.
To talk to a cancer navigator, call (260) 435-7959.
Risk Factors and Symptoms
Breast cancer risk factors include:
- Sex - breast cancer occurs nearly 100 times more often in women than in men.
- Race - Caucasian women develop breast cancer slightly more often than African-American women.
- Older age - 2 out of 3 women with invasive cancer are diagnosed after age 55.
- History of breast cancer - if you've had cancer in one breast, you're at an increased risk of having it in the other breast.
- Family history - having a parent, sibling or child with breast cancer increases your risk.
Talk with your healthcare provider about your risk factors for breast cancer and what you can do about them.
Breast cancer often causes no symptoms in its early stages. Women with early breast cancer usually don't have pain or notice any breast changes. It is important to routinely screen for breast cancer because it can likely be detected in its earliest stages. As cancer grows, it can cause symptoms such as:
- A lump, thickening or swelling in or near your breast or under your arm
- A change in the size or shape of your breast
- Nipple discharge
- Nipple inversion
- Nipple or breast pain
- A change in the look or feel of the skin of your breast or nipple
It's important to discuss any risk factors or symptoms you may have with your healthcare provider.
Along with women breast cancer services, the Lutheran Comprehensive Breast Center offers care and treatment for:
- Breast lumps and cysts
- Breast pain
- Dense breasts
- Fibrocystic disease
- Male breast cancer
- Nipple discharge
For a referral to other breast center services, talk to your physician. If you are looking for a new primary care physician, call Lutheran Health Physicians at (844) 546-2778.