Welcome

Sheldon Marc Feldman, MD Chief, Breast Surgery Section

The Comprehensive Breast Center at Columbia University is the clinical arm of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center's Breast Surgery Section. The center offers patients the resources of a major academic facility and comprehensive treatment of all forms of breast disease in one location.

Our clinicians are accomplished, caring specialists who have a long-standing commitment to women's health. They apply a multidisciplinary approach to breast health, which includes medical care, educational programs, and support groups. Ensuring that your experience at the Comprehensive Breast Center is private, comfortable and dignified is a primary concern of our staff.

Our specialists include breast surgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, dedicated breast imagers, medical oncologists, pathologists, radiation oncologists, gynecologists, geneticists, psychiatrists, physical therapists and nutritionists, as well as physician assistants and specialized nurses. Their dedication, combined with academic and research capabilities and the full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic technology, result in the superior care that patients have come to expect from the center.

The center's high survival rate and low complication rate testify to the depth of this team's commitment; compared to national averages, patients treated at the Comprehensive Breast Center can expect consistently and significantly better results.

Five-Year Survival Rate Columbia Compared To National Average Patients were diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998.	Freedom From Post-Operative Complications
* Stage 4 data not shown above; the number of cases is too low for confident analysis. National Average: data obtained from 296 teaching/research hospitals across the U.S.	* Data obtained from 296 teaching/research hospitals across the U.S.

Whether you come to the Comprehensive Breast Center for diagnosis, a second opinion, or treatment for breast cancer, you benefit from the most technologically advanced services available, state-of-the-art equipment, and individualized management by clinical experts for the highest quality of care.

Learn more on this web site about the care provided by the center, including the latest in prevention, screening, imaging, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer.