The Comprehensive Cancer Center
at Rhode Island, The Miriam and Newport Hospitals

For Women

• Breast Cancer Facts
  • Did you know? Men can get breast cancer too.
    
    
• Why You Need a Mammogram
  (Don't know if you need a mammogam? Take our quiz!)
  
  
• Breast Self-Exam (BSE)
  Your first line of defense in the fight against breast cancer.
  
  
• Digital Mammography
• at Rhode Island Hospital
• at The Miriam Hospital
• at Newport Hospital
  

• Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  It's the most aggressive form of breast cancer--and one you may have never heard of.

• Breast Health Navigator Program
  Our breast health navigators are registered nurses who guide patients through the health care system and the course of their treatment.
  

• Robotic Hysterectomy
  Learn more about this leading-edge, minimally invasive surgery.
  
  
• Cervical Cancer
  Learn the facts and risk factors.
  
  
• Colon Cancer
  Help reduce your risk.
  
  
• Research Studies
  Learn more and participate if you qualify.
  

Learn more about cancer.

Find a support group.

Links

• American Cancer Society
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure
• The National Women's Health Information Center
• National Cancer Institute
• Breastcancer.org
• National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.
• "Lymphedema: How Physical Therapy Can Help"
  (PDF, American Physical Therapy Association)
  

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