The best health care doesn’t come from machinery or buildings. It comes from people. At the Breast Health Center, we combine advanced technology and the full spectrum of treatment options with the most crucial elements – specialized expertise and a compassion that guides us in all we do.
Every day, it is our privilege to evaluate and, if necessary, treat, women promptly and efficiently. It’s our golden rule and why you should choose us for your breast health care.
Mammograms
A mammogram is a low-dose x-ray picture of the breasts used to regularly screen healthy women for breast changes. It plays a key role in the detection of suspicious breast lumps and calcifications when they are very small, often a year or two before they would be noticeable through breast examinations.
» Breast Self Examination
» The Normal Breast
Breast Core Biopsy
A core biopsy of the breast is the removal of small fragments of tissue with a specially designed needle. Breast core biopsy is performed with the aid of stereotactic computerized mammography and ultrasound. » Benign (Non-cancerous) Breast Changes
Program in Women’s Oncology
The Program in Women’s Oncology serves as a resource to physicians and patients for the diagnosis and treatment of medical and surgical oncology and gynecological oncology occurring in women.
Look Good...Feel Better Patient Story: Amelia Amelia Gelson has been diagnosed with breast cancer twice. Twice, she has undergone chemotherapy that has thinned her normally lush, dark eyebrows to a pale suggestion on her forehead and left her eyelashes sparse and invisible. » Read this patient story
An A+ for Women & Infants Patient Story: Marianne In 1998, Marianne Gianfrancesco, a retired educator from the State of Rhode Island, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today she is cancer free. » Read this patient story
Contact Us
Breast Health Center One Blackstone Street Providence, Rhode Island 02905 » Directions
Telephone 401-274-1122, extension 7300, or 401-453-7540
Hours 8:00am-4:30 pm Monday-Friday. *Scheduling of appointments is flexible. No Show Policy Effective March 2009, we have a new policy for missed appointments at all Women & Infants’ physician practices.
