There are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.

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We want to see that number grow. And grow.

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This is the impetus behind our gifts to establish Cedars-Sinai’s Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center — A Project of Women’s Guild at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute. Patients come here for a full range of the most advanced healthcare services for breast cancer and other breast-related diseases. This is also a leading center of research on new methods of breast cancer detection and treatment.

 

It all happens under the leadership of Edward H. Phillips, MD, and Armando E. Giuliano, MD — renowned surgeons, internationally known clinical researchers, and leading authorities on diseases of the breast. Patients receive comprehensive care from a multidisciplinary team that includes specialists in minimally invasive surgery. Patient education, cancer screening, genetic risk assessment and risk reduction, and reconstructive surgery are key components of the program.

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And you couldn’t ask for a more healing environment. Breast cancer survivors helped design the center, so it reflects a rare level of sensitivity to patients’ needs.