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Breast Health Center


708.229.4050

Ease, comfort, expert staff and state-of-the-art capabilities — that’s what a woman expects from the team helping her to manage her breast health. At Little Company of Mary, we take a holistic approach to the healing process. Here, a range of specialists, surgeons, radiation and medical oncologists, counselors and tools come together to create a single gateway for breast wellness.

 Full Range of Diagnostics and Care
Our continuum of care includes treatments for breast cancer as well as other conditions including nipple discharge, breast pain, abnormal mammograms, new or suspicious breast lumps and benign breast changes. Our diagnostic tools include breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and MRI-guided breast biopsy and digital mammography. And, with breast conserving advances like DynaCAD for more precise biopsies and Mammosite�(r) for shorter, more accurate breast radiation treatment; procedures that once took months can now be done in just a few days.

 Renowned Fellowship-Trained Female Breast Surgeon
Our staff includes the only fellowship-trained female breast surgeon in Chicago’s southwest area. Trained at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Dr. Olga Ivanov found breast surgery an appealing field because it allows her to offer so much hope and reassurance to her patients. "Breast cancer has an extremely high survival rate with an excellent chance for a high quality of life," says Dr. Ivanov.

The Comprehensive Breast Health Center also offers the professional guidance of Radiologist, Bennett Y. F. Lum, M.D., an expert mammographer and specialist in breast biopsies. In addition to top-notch doctors, the Center offers a warm private environment as well as valet parking and convenient appointment times including evenings and weekends. Committed to Little Company of Mary's tradition of excellence, experts at the Comprehensive Breast Health Center bring together top resources, specialists and equipment - all for your good health.

To schedule your mammogram, call 708.229.5527 or our Central Scheduling Department at 708.499.8550.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Ivanov, call 708.229.4050.
For a copy of Dr. Ivanov's Post-operative Instructions, Click here

Integrative Therapy to Support Cancer Patients
We provide an array of integrative therapy services for our cancer patients including: Faye’s Light-Mini-Spa Treatment; Acupuncture; Healing TouchTM, a session that uses touch to restore and balance the energy in the body to help reduce pain; Y-Me Support Group; C.H.E.E.R, a support group that brings people with life-threatening diseases together; Look Good and Feel Better, which includes make up counseling; Picnic in the Park, a weekly educational program; Easy Yoga; and Deep Hypnosis. These therapies and services treat the whole woman,  not just the symptoms, so she can leave feeling healthy, confident and rejuvenated.

For more information please call 866.540.LCMH.

For more information about breast cancer visit:

PursuingPainFreeCancer.org -- Little Company of Mary's Breast Cancer Website

Breast Cancer.org

American Cancer Society

National Cancer Institute

   

What should you know about Breast Cancer?

  • The good news – when found early, it is almost always curable 
  • Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer
  • The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 35, which is steadily declining
  • Women have a 1 in 50 chance of getting breast cancer by age 50, a 1 in 24 chance by age 60, and a 1 in 8 lifetime risk for the disease 
  • Breast cancer incidence is higher for non-Hispanic white females than for females in other racial and ethnic groups
  • Right now there are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States

What are breast cancer risk factors?

  • Being a woman
  • Getting older
  • Genetic risk factors
  • Family history
  • Personal history of breast cancer
  • Race
  • Abnormal breast biopsy
  • Early onset of menstrual periods
  • Earlier breast radiation
  • Treatment with diethylstilbestrol (DES)
  • Not having children or having them later in life
  • Postmenopausal hormone therapy 
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Being overweight or obese
  • High bone density

What can I do?



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