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The Betty Puskar Breast Care Center
Mission Statement
 

The Betty Puskar Breast Care Center is dedicated to the reduction of morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in the women of West Virginia to below the national average. Women, as the central focus of the Center, access a comprehensive and all-encompassing breast care program providing the best available expertise, educational tools and technology aimed at the prevention, early detection, and treatment of breast cancer. All of the care provided will take place in a warm, compassionate environment, sensitive to the woman's needs.

The Center is fully accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR), and is federally certified by the FDA under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), to provide quality breast imaging.

The Center provides a warm compassionate environment, sensitive to the woman's needs, where she can come or call to receive information on all aspects of her breast health and care.

The Center offers the resources and services listed below.

Comprehensive Diagnostic Services:

  • Low Dose Screening & Diagnostic Mammography
  • Magnification Mammography
  • Needle Localization
  • Fine Needle Aspiration
  • Image Guided Breast Biopsy / Mammotome
  • Ultrasound Guided Breast Biopsy
  • Ultrasound
  • Galactography

Treatment:

  • Surgical Consultation
  • Surgical Procedures:
    • Biopsy
    • Definitive treatment
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Oncology
    • Consultation and treatment

Betty Puskar Breast Care Center Quality of Life Services

Breast Health Education:

  • One-to-One education
    • Walk in
    • Post operative in-patient
  • Breast Self Exam
  • Nutrition
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Seminars
  • Resource Library
  • Community lectures

Social Service:

  • Lodging
  • Transportation
  • Meals
  • Financial Counseling

Group Support:

  • Family members
  • Patient
  • Partners

Spiritual Support:

  • Chaplain availability

Psychological Support:

  • Individual
  • Group
  • Family therapy
  • Couples therapy
  • Pain management
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