MDT for Breast Cancer

Penang Adventist Hospital provides a one-stop comprehensive care service for all breast cancer patients. Our doctors from different disciplines subspecialize in the field of breast cancer and work closely together to ensure a personalized treatment strategy is given to every breast cancer patient to maximize cure or long term control and at the same time minimize unnecessary treatments and side effects.

members

Breast Surgeon
  • Diagnosis of breast cancer
    • Bed side ultrasonography
    • Core needle biopsies
    • Excision biopsies
  • Surgical treatment of breast cancer
    • Ultrasonography guided clip insertion to localize breast cancer
    • Mastectomy
    • Breast conservation surgery
    • Breast reconstructive surgery
    • Sentinel lymph node biopsy
    • Axillary dissection
  • Chemo-port insertion for chemotherapy administration
Breast Medical Oncologist
  • Characterisation of breast cancer and risk assessment
    • Genetic testing to assess for hereditary cancer syndromes
    • Genetic testing to assess for hereditary cancer syndromes
  • Medical treatment of breast cancer
    • Chemotherapy
    • Anti-hormone therapy
    • Targeted therapy
    • Immunotherapy
  • Supportive care to minimize breast cancer symptoms and side effects of cancer treatment
Radiation Oncologist
  • Radiotherapy for breast cancer
  • Radiotherapy for symptomatic breast cancer metastases
Breast Radiologist
  • Screening mammography
  • 3D mammography
  • Breast ultrasonography
  • Breast MRI
  • Image guided vacuum assisted biopsies
  • Hookwire localization of breast cancer
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
  • PET scan: comprehensive, detail assessment for cancer staging
Pathologist
  • Histopathological diagnosis and staging of breast cancer
  • Subtyping of breast cancer
  • Frozen section diagnosis
Physical and exercise therapist
  • Rehabilitative management of physical issues after breast cancer treatment
  • Exercise training
Psychologist
  • Counselling for psychological issues e.g. anxiety, depression after a breast cancer diagnosis
  • Connecting breast cancer patients to community support groups and services
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