Clinical Outcomes: Charts for Stages I through IV of Breast Cancer

One of our patients: Stage III breast cancer survivor Jill Scheetz after a bilateral mastectomy and reconstructive surgery: "I knew that I needed to leave my local hospital . . . and put my life in the hands of the staff at Fox Chase Cancer Center." Read Jill's Story

he Women's Cancer Center at Fox Chase offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for breast cancer patients, as well as a full complement of innovative research, treatment, and wellness resources for women with breast or gynecologic cancers.

Patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer can meet with a team of specialists including a surgeon, medical oncologist, and radiation oncologist during a one-day visit to the Breast Evaluation Center — part of the Women’s Cancer Center — to develop an individualized treatment plan. Throughout this process, they are assisted by patient navigators who provide support with wellness, stress reduction, and quality-of-life issues.

Advanced treatment options available from the Center’s team of internationally recognized experts include:

• Biologic therapies that target cancer cells while sparing normal tissue
• Reconstructive surgery using advanced microvascular techniques
• Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, or IMRT, and Mammosite™
  radiation therapy, both of which provide highly targeted treatment

The Center also specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory breast cancer, a rare and aggressive form of the disease that often goes misdiagnosed. Patients with any stage or type of breast cancer have the opportunity to participate in national clinical trials, many developed and led by Fox Chase physicians.

Women at a heightened risk of breast or ovarian cancer based on their family history can seek risk counseling, prevention education, and genetic testing, if appropriate, through the Center’s Risk Assessment Program.

All data shown in these charts comes from the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a resource of the American College of Surgeons. Breast cancer cases shown here were diagnosed from 1998-2002 and then followed for five years. (The most recent year for which five-year follow-up information is available is 2002.) The hospitals compared in these charts are:

• Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC)

• Community Hospital Cancer Programs (CHCP)

• Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Programs (COMP)

See more about these hospitals.

Click here for more information about the data behind these charts.

Questions? Please contact us at outcomes@fccc.edu or call 1-888-FOX-CHASE (1-888-369-2427).