General information
Key Figures
- 172 Newly-treated cases
- 2500 Mammograms per year
- 2 Dedicated breast surgeons
The Breast Unit of the University Medical Center Groningen has a central position in the Northern Netherlands and offers primary, secondary and tertiary care. New patients with breast problems are firstly seen by nurse practitioners for history and first physical exam. Imaging and needle biopsy (if necessary) are performed on the same day and results discussed by the team and communicated to the patient with a first treatment proposal. The team (http://www.umcg.nl/azg/nl/patienten/ziekte_onderzoek_behandeling/150264/150271/184168/?pathkey=48959/) discusses all patients every week. The UMCG focuses on healthy aging in all priority areas: research, clinical care and education. The healthy aging-related research is bundled in the Institute of Healthy Aging. This institute forms the shell in which the healthy aging activities are embedded, i.e. the cohort study LifeLines, the UMCG Center for Geriatric Medicine (UCO) and the future European Research Institute on the Biology of Ageing (ERIBA).
Clinical Director
- Jakob de Vries
Associate professor
Surgery
jakob.de.vries@chir.umcg.nl
+31.50.3612317
phone: +31.50.3612317 - fax: +31.50.3614873
e-mail: breastunit@groncosurg.nl - web-site: borstkanker.umcg.nl