The South Carolina Comprehensive Breast Center was started by physicians who believe that women diagnosed with breast cancer deserve coordinated, sensitive care that is medically sound, technologically advanced, and responsive to emotional as well as physical needs. When the two hospitals merged in February 1998 to create Palmetto Health Alliance , physicians and hospital administrators recognized that by working together, they could expand their base of knowledge and scope of services to create a truly comprehensive breast center unlike any other in South Carolina. The South Carolina Comprehensive Breast Center has facilities in Columbia at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center and Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital .
Patients can choose either facility for their treatment.
In some cases, patients may be treated at one or both facilities, depending on their particular diagnosis and treatment. Both hospitals are nicely appointed and offer a complete range of services. At the Breast Center at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center, the mammography facility is located at 1501 Sumter Street. At Palmetto Richland Memorial, mammography services are offered in Suite 120 of One Richland Medical Park. At the South Carolina Comprehensive Breast Center, teams of surgeons, oncologists, mammographers, genetics counselors, pathologists and others meet weekly to evaluate and recommend courses of treatment for newly diagnosed patients.