University Medical Centre Groningen - Groningen, Netherlands

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172 New breast cancer cases treated per year
10 Breast multidisciplinarity team members

Radiologists, surgeons, pathologists, medical oncologists, radiotherapists and nurses

Clinical Director: Jakob de Vries

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).

University Medical Centre Groningen

Hanzeplein 1
9713 GZ Groningen, Netherlands
Phone: +31503612317
Fax: +31503614873
E-mail: breastunit@groncosurg.nl
Web-site: borstkanker.umcg.nl