If you have concerns about your breast health or have been told you may need to see a breast surgeon, our breast specialists are here to help. We diagnose and treat noncancerous breast conditions and breast cancer and will develop a care plan based on your specific needs.

Our breast care team includes specialists from many areas. Breast surgeons work closely with doctors who use medical imaging to diagnose diseases (radiologists), doctors who are experts in medical management of cancer (medical oncologists), doctors who use radiation to treat cancer (radiation oncologists), and genetic counselors. Together, they coordinate your treatment and follow-up care.

You can receive care and ongoing support at our Long Island locations, close to home. You also have access to specialists, treatments, and clinical research at the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center.

Conditions We Treat

Our breast specialists diagnose and treat breast conditions that are not cancerous (benign), conditions that may increase your risk of breast cancer, and breast cancer.

Noncancerous Breast Conditions

• Breast cysts and calcifications
• Nipple discharge
• Pockets of pus caused by an infection (breast abscesses), which may cause swollen and painful breast lumps
• Fibroadenomas, common breast tumors that are not cancerous
• Intraductal papillomas (growths that develop inside the breast ducts)
• Phyllodes tumors and desmoid tumors (uncommon growths that develop in connective tissue in the breast)
• Breast pain and discomfort

High-Risk Breast Conditions

High-risk breast conditions are not cancer. However, they may increase your risk of developing breast cancer in the future. In some cases, your doctor may recommend treatment or close monitoring.

High-Risk Breast Conditions include:

• Flat epithelial atypia (FEA) and atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH), which involve abnormal cell growth in the breast ducts
• Radial scars and complex sclerosing lesions, which are scar-like changes in breast tissue
• Atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH), which involves abnormal cells in the breast lobules
• Lobular carcinoma in situ, which involves abnormal cells in the breast lobules and may increase the risk of cancer in either breast

Breast Cancer

We treat many types of breast cancer, including:

• Invasive ductal carcinoma
• Invasive lobular carcinoma
• Ductal carcinoma in situ, a noninvasive, stage 0 breast cancer
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Recurrent breast cancer
• Cancerous (malignant) phyllodes tumors
• Breast angiosarcoma
• Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast

Breast Care Services

Our team offers testing, surgical procedures, and other treatment options for breast conditions and breast cancer.

Our breast services include:

• First visits with a breast surgeon
• Diagnostic imaging, including 3D mammography, ultrasound, CT scans, MRI, and PET imaging
• Minimally invasive image-guided breast biopsies, procedures that remove a small piece of tissue for examination, performed by experienced breast imaging specialists
• Infusion therapy, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy
• Radiation therapy 
• Genetic testing and genetic counseling
• Treatment plans based on your individual needs
• Screening and monitoring for people at high risk of breast cancer

Breast Surgery and Procedures

• Minimally invasive breast procedures, which use only small cuts or punctures in the skin
• Breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy)
• Immediate breast reconstruction
• Reconstructive breast surgery
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy
• Lymph node biopsy
• Skin-sparing mastectomy
• Nipple-sparing mastectomy
• Core needle biopsy
• Fine needle aspiration
• Axillary lymph node dissection