Why choose Cleveland Clinic for breast cancer care?
Our Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program is one of the largest and most specialized in the nation. As part of the Case Comprehensive Cancer, we are one of only 41 comprehensive cancer centers in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute. Cleveland Clinic has also achieved a Three Year Full Accreditation from the American College of Surgeons' National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). Cleveland Clinic is recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.
Our multidisciplinary physician team of breast surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, and plastic surgeons work together to provide customized, coordinated care for patients. We offer the highest-quality screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
We are a national leader in intraoperative radiation therapy, novel targeted therapies and adjuvant therapies for breast cancer, and also in fertility preservation for cancer patients. We also participate in important clinical trials of brand new therapies and our patients have access to these trials for every stage of breast cancer. Our cancer specialists are pursuing many promising avenues of research — including the development of a breast cancer vaccine — to bring hope to future patients as well.
Hereditary high-risk breast cancer care
Cleveland Clinic offers a unique, hereditary high-risk clinic to help manage the risk for individuals with identified mutations and untested family members, or a strong family history of breast cancer.
Characteristics that may suggest a hereditary predisposition include:
Diagnosis of breast cancer before age 50.
Triple-negative breast cancer.
Two breast cancer primaries.
Several family members that are on the same side with breast and/or ovarian cancer or pancreatic cancer.
Male breast cancer
Known familial gene mutation.
Early identification of patients at increased risk due allows for a proactive approach to care, including genetic counseling, education about lifestyle changes, enhanced surveillance, chemoprevention, and risk-reduction surgery.
At Cleveland Clinic our team is committed to providing you with the highest quality, comprehensive, efficient and compassionate care. We offer several community locations for routine screening mammography and consultations for the diagnosis and management of breast disease.
Schedule an appointment or second opinion
To schedule your mammogram, make an appointment with one of our breast cancer specialists, or request a second opinion, please call 216.445.7946.
Whether you’ve just been diagnosed, need a second opinion, or are seeking cancer treatment, Cleveland Clinic Breast Centers provide you comprehensive care for breast disease and cancer treatment.
Cleveland Clinic's Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program offers the highest quality care for the screening, diagnosis and treatment of all medical and cosmetic breast problems.
We offer a full range of services to address all of your needs, including:
Cleveland Clinic breast cancer patients have access to a wide range of experts who specialize in breast imaging, medical breast care, breast surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery and genetics. Our specialists also offer unique specialty clinics for:
Young women with breast cancer.
Women with high-risk, hereditary breast cancers.
Women with lobular breast cancer.
Women with locally recurrent breast cancer.
Patient support
In addition to offering state of the art diagnostic techniques and breast cancer treatment methods, our breast cancer specialists also offer an array of resources that can help patients cope with the demands of breast cancer. Patients are encouraged to take advantage of these resources to ease the burden of managing breast cancer and breast cancer treatment.
Cleveland Clinic’s Comprehensive Breast Cancer Program offers resources to help patients and their families through the cancer journey. By working with these organizations, we can help extend our patients resources:
Breast Cancer Fund of Ohio (BCFO) is here to support patients that are experiencing financial hardship while receiving breast cancer care.
Patient navigator
Cleveland Clinic's Comprehensive Breast Cancer program offers a free resource called a patient navigator. Your patient navigator assists you throughout the entire breast cancer journey – helping you through the diagnosis, treatment, follow-up care and any obstacles that might arise.
Your patient navigator can help:
Connect you with the services needed within Cleveland Clinic, community agencies and elsewhere if necessary.
Schedule and coordinate your appointments.
Assist with counseling needs and provide emotional support.
Provide you with resources to assist with financial hardship or other needs.
We can help you access hundreds of clinical trials across all specialty areas. Our new searchable online trials tool makes identifying treatment opportunities easier than ever.
Clinical trials
Clinical trials can not only expand your treatment options but give hope to others.
Cleveland Clinic offers a wide range of clinical trials that have the potential to advance the cause of preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer. Some of the most important breast cancer trials focus on:
Triple-negative breast cancer.
Central nervous system (CNS) metastases.
HER-2 targeted therapies.
Immunotherapy.
Liquid biopsy.
Hair loss prevention.
Cleveland Clinic cancer center clinical trials
Clinical trials (or research studies) help us create the medicine of tomorrow. They provide hope through offering testing of new drugs, new surgical techniques or other treatments before they are widely available.
Questions you should ask the doctor or study nurse about cancer clinical trials:
What is the purpose of the study?
What has previous research of this treatment shown?
What is likely to happen in my case with, or without the treatment?
Are there standard treatments for my type of cancer?
How does this study compare with standard treatment options?
What phase is this cancer clinical trial?
What are the possible short and long-term risks, side effects and benefits of the treatment?
What kinds of treatments, medical tests, or procedures will I have during the study? And how do they compare with what I would receive outside of the study?
How long will the study last? Will there be a follow-up after the study?
Where will my treatment take place? Will I have to be in the hospital?
How will I know the treatment is working?
How could the study affect my daily life?
Will my records be kept confidential?
Will my insurance pay for the treatments?
If I decide to withdraw from the study, will my care be affected? Will I need to change doctors?
Research
Cleveland Clinic breast specialists have made enormous progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. More women than ever before are winning the fight because of improvements in prevention and detection and the advances in treatment options and services available.
One of the most important advances is the ability to tailor treatment based on the risks and benefits for a specific patient, which could lead to better outcomes and fewer side effects.
Cancer clinical trials offer patients important treatment options and access to the latest treatments and procedures resulting from cancer research. Participation in clinical trials also helps scientists and researchers advance the cause of preventing, diagnosing and treating cancer.
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center is committed to working with you to provide the best care for your patients. Our team is also dedicated to the training and education of medical professionals to advance cancer care and research.
You will receive confirmation once the appointment is scheduled.
Cancer Advances podcast
A Cleveland Clinic podcast for medical professionals exploring the latest innovative research and clinical advances in the field of oncology. Listen to Cancer Advances.
Our cancer care blog for physicians and healthcare professionals. Discover emerging advances, innovations and research insights from Cleveland Clinic Cancer Care specialists. Explore Consult QD.
Breast Psychology Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) 2025
Our psychologist who specializes in breast cancer and hereditary breast cancer risk offer an array of group sessions that can help patients cope with the demands of breast cancer. Check out our different sessions to see what would be right for you!
There is a limit of 10 participants per group. Groups will be led by a licensed psychologist who specializes in breast cancer and hereditary breast cancer risk. All groups are virtual and billed as group psychotherapy (CPT 90853), covered by most insurances under mental health services. Please check with your insurer. You must be a patient of the Cleveland Clinic Breast Center to participate. To register call 216.445.7946.
Breast Cancer STAR: Survivorship Tools and Resources
A five-week virtual program designed to improve symptom management, mood and functioning for breast cancer survivors.
Women Under 50 | Fridays 2-3:30 p.m.
Session Dates: May 2, 9, 30, Jun. 6, 13
Breast Cancer HEART: Healing, Empowerment, Acceptance and Resilience Tools
A virtual program designed for patients newly diagnosed or in active treatment that focuses on techniques to support adjustment, coping, and well-being. Participants can join any or all five sessions.
Women Under 50 | Thursdays 2-3:30 p.m.
Session Dates: Apr. 24: Cancer Identity, May 1: Coping with Anxiety, May 8: Pain and Fatigue, May 15: Sleep Changes, May 22: Body Image
Women 50+ | Tuesdays 2-3:30p.m.
Session Dates: May 6: Cancer Identity, May 13: Coping with Anxiety, May 20: Pain and Fatigue, May 27: Sleep Changes, Jun. 3: Body Image
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Advanced Breast Cancer (MCP-ABC)
An eight-session virtual program designed to focus on the ability to find meaning while coping with metastatic breast cancer.
EMPOWER Empowering Women Engaging in Risk Reducing Surgery
Patients with Hereditary Breast Cancer face challenges in deciding how to manage their risk, body image, sexual health after risk reducing surgery and the emotional impact of family cancer history. This four-session virtual group intervention will focus on skills to use before and after risk reducing mastectomy.
During our virtual patient event, Breast Cancer 101, experts in Cleveland Clinic's Breast Cancer Program walk through the experience of a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient. They explain diagnostic testing, medical terminology and factors they consider when making treatment recommendations for patients.
Virtual patient event: Breast Cancer and Your Genes
During our virtual patient event, Breast Cancer and Your Genes, members of the Cleveland Clinic Breast Cancer Program discuss genetic testing, how to cope with genetic results and treatment options for patients with genetic related breast cancer and those at high-risk for the development of breast cancer.
Podcasts
Listen to episodes from Cleveland Clinic’s Butts & Guts podcast about breast cancer topics:
Listen to episodes from Cleveland Clinic’s The Comeback podcast to hear patients share their experiences of perseverance and determination in their fight against breast cancer.
A breast cancer diagnosis can be a very scary thing at any age. But for young women under 40, there may be additional concerns such as genetic risk factors and long-term effects of treatment that may impact fertility, quality of life or overall health. Many people aren’t sure where to turn or what their first step should be.
At Cleveland Clinic, we’re here to help you throughout your journey. We provide the highest quality compassionate care personalized for you. Our team consists of surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, plastic surgeons, psychosocial specialists, rehabilitation specialists, geneticists and fertility specialists. We’ll work with you to determine the best course of treatment for your breast cancer diagnosis and address any concerns that treatment may have on your overall health.
To view our team and learn more about the treatment and services offered at Cleveland Clinic, click here.
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