Breast Health

Comprehensive Breast Care: What Every Woman Deserves

At Morton Plant Mease, we understand that maintaining good breast health is a vital issue for women. This includes obtaining regular and accurate screenings, performing proper self exams, maintaining optimum nutrition to help prevent cancer, and understanding the role family genetics plays in your health.

We also understand what a woman experiences when she first learns she has breast cancer: the medical and psychological as well as the emotional effects of this frightening diagnosis. You want accurate information, timely and state-of-the-art treatment, and compassionate care.

Advantages That Make A Difference for Breast Cancer Treatment

According to the American Cancer Society, one out of eight American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer sometime in her life. Morton Plant Mease's Breast Cancer Program is your partner in the fight against breast cancer. With our focus on prevention and early detection, we perform more than 80,000 screening mammograms annually. We have a team of board-certified radiologists focused solely on reading breast images. We offer state-of-the-art evaluation and treatment of breast cancer, such as accelerated partial breast irradiation. We provide free support services for cancer patients and their families. It's exactly the kind of breast cancer care you'd expect from Morton Plant Mease. And no less than what you deserve. 

Applying a multidisciplinary team approach to cancer care enables all of our cancer patients, including those with breast cancer, to benefit from the coordinated efforts of physicians and medical experts in every field related to cancer, including: 

Breast health center Cancer patient support services (CaPSS) Cancer registry Gynecology Medical nutrition therapy Medical oncology Nuclear medicine Nursing Oncology research

Pathology Radiation Radiation oncology Radiology Rehabilitation Social services Surgery Wellness

No one knows more about what it's like to undergo treatment for breast cancer than actual breast cancer patients. At mybreastcancerjournal.com, we bring you the stories of three breast cancer survivors - in their own words - and invite you to experience their journeys from diagnosis to recovery.

The Power of Morton Plant Mease and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center

We're proud to be the first health care system in Tampa Bay to have partnered with the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute. With two of the area's preeminent health care organizations working together, your treatment options are practically limitless. Medical options are more varied. Radiation options are safer. Surgical options are less invasive.

Our partnership with Moffitt also gives our patients more opportunities to participate in clinical research studies. For example, Morton Plant Mease is currently partnered with Moffitt in a project called "Total Cancer Care" - a study designed to characterize cancers genetically to better understand their natures and lead to customized treatments and improved outcomes. 

 For a referral to one of our board-certified physicians, please visit our online physician finder or call the BayCare Contact Center at (727) 462-7500.