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.
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 Physician
- 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
