Visit Advocate's Christ Hospital and Medical Center, where the finest breast care services are available. Accurate diagnostics Clinical breast exams, screening mammography and diagnostic mammography services are all offered at Christ Hospital. For your convenience, mammogram services are available seven days a week. She can undergo traditional open surgical biopsy or she may be eligible for stereotactic biopsy, a newer, minimally invasive procedure. Unlike traditional surgical biopsy, which requires a large skin incision, stereotactic biopsy uses the Momotome breast biopsy probe, performed with only a single needle insertion and minimal impact to surrounding healthy tissue.
Some women even go back to work the same day.
Patients are given their pathology results within 24 hours of the procedure. Breast implants and reconstructive procedures also are available. The team includes surgeons, oncologists, general practitioners, primary care physicians, radiologists, pathologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, geneticists, psychologists and others. The team works together to develop an individual care plan for each woman diagnosed with cancer. We want each and every woman to have all of her questions answered.