Breast Health Program
100 Campus Avenue, Ground Floor
Lewiston, ME 04240
207-777-4445
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At St. Mary's, we believe in caring for the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. As a woman, you know how important it is to keep your good health – for yourself, for your family. The Breast Health Program at St. Mary's offers personalized, expert care from a multidisciplinary team of physicians and clinicians.
The Breast Health Program provides comprehensive education and treatment services for breast health care. The program offers a clinical, educational, psychosocial, and personal resource for learning more about breast health and treating and living with breast cancer.
The Breast Health Program at St. Mary's is supervised by a specially trained breast surgeon, Marsha O'Rourke, MD. Her knowledge and expertise bring a unique and valuable perspective to each patient's case. Patients with any stage of breast cancer can access the most current cancer treatments available, including oncology physician services and a full outpatient chemotherapy treatment service.
The Breast Health Navigators will assist breast health patients from detection to diagnosis through to treatment. We are dedicated to ensuring that women receive timely follow-up diagnosis and treatment, and provide emotional and logistical support to patients. We break down barriers to care and ensure that patients receive the support and knowledge needed to successfully navigate the health care system.
A Team Approach
A multidisciplinary approach is the cornerstone of modern breast health care. The breast health program team includes:
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Our space at 100 Campus Avenue is dedicated solely to breast health. The bright and spacious exam rooms and consulting area located on the ground floor of St. Mary's Residences, have the same familiar faces ready to help women and men care for their breasts.
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The following providers are seeing patients.
Robert Tardif, DO, FACO, G
Medical Director
- Breast cancer, when detected early, can be cured
- 5-year survival rate for localized breast cancer is 98%
- 12-year survival rate is 95% for cancers detected when less than 1 cm in size
- The American Cancer society spends nearly $130 million a year to research a cure for breast cancer
- Over 2 1/2 million breast cancer survivors are alive in the United States today
- A woman's chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime is 1 in 8
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, aside from skin cancer
- Only lung cancer causes more cancer deaths in women
- Each year about 207,090 new invasive and 54,010 non-invasive cases are diagnosed
- About 390 men will die from the disease
* 2009-2010 Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, USA
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