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About this Condition: Breast Cancer
Diagnostic Tests for Breast Cancer
If a doctor or facility outside Stanford has already given you a diagnosis, our medical team will review your test results and discuss your diagnosis and treatment options.
At Stanford, we tailor the diagnostic phase of breast cancer care to each individual patient. If you need further testing to complete your diagnosis, your doctor and care team will work with you to determine which tests you need. Tests may include:
- Breast Imaging (Radiology)
To obtain the most precise understanding of your cancer, your doctor may schedule you for different types of breast imaging that diagnose breast cancer. If you have been screened elsewhere and received abnormal results, we may perform additional imaging, if needed. You may require body-wide imaging to look for distant disease.
- Breast Biopsy (Pathology)
If your mammogram or other screening tests show that you may have breast abnormality, you may need an additional breast biopsy. This test takes a tiny sample of cells from abnormal areas of breast tissue.
- Genetics Assessment for Breast And Ovarian Cancers
Genetic testing is a test that identifies changes or mutations in genes or chromosomes that increase your risk for developing cancer. For breast cancer, genetic testing can show whether you have inherited mutations in genes related to the disease – BRCA1, BRCA2, and others.
- Breast Lab Tests (Blood Draws)
Before and during treatment, your doctor may ask you to have your blood drawn and tested at a lab. Blood tests can provide a variety of information, helping to establish your diagnosis and plan your course of breast cancer treatment.
Learning that you may have cancer plunges you into uncertainty. The more you understand about your condition, the greater your sense of control. This overview explains diagnosis and treatment planning, to help you understand what to expect as you go through the early steps of your care.
Breast Care at Stanford Health Care
Learn more about how breast cancer is diagnosed and the options for treatment.
Learn more about surgical treatment options that preserve the breast.
Learn more about various approaches to mastectomy.
Learn more about breast cancer may be treated with medications like chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and hormone therapy.
Learn more about how lymph nodes are removed and examined to help stage and treat breast cancer.
Learn more about what it is like to receive radiation treatments for breast cancer.
To make an appointment with a breast cancer specialist, call 650-498-6004.
Learn More About Breast Cancer
What We Offer
Our providers use leading edge techniques to diagnose and treat breast cancer.
About this Condition
Learn about the symptoms, risk factors, types, diagnosis, stages and prevention of breast cancer.
Patient Care Resources
Learn what to expect as you go through the early steps of your care.
Clinical Trials
We offer one of the nation’s most robust clinical trial programs for breast cancer. These research studies evaluate new medical approaches, devices, drugs, and other treatments.
As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may be eligible to participate in open clinical trials. Open trials refer to studies currently recruiting participants or that may recruit participants in the near future. Closed trials are not currently enrolling, but similar studies may open in the future.
To learn more about the clinical trials we offer, contact Pei-Jen Chang at 650-725-0866.
Our Clinics
You can access Stanford’s expertise and compassionate care for any stage or type of breast cancer at a location that is convenient for you. We always accept new patients, and we take many insurance plans, including Medicare and Medi-Cal.