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Breast Care
Breast Care
Our Location
The Breast Center has moved to 155 Borthwick, West Building, Suite 101. Evening and Weekend appointments available.
Schedule an Appointment - 603-559-4190
- All mammograms will be at The Breast Center, now at 155 Borthwick Avenue, West Building, Suite 101
- All biopsies and breast MRI's at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, 333 Borthwick Avenue
For more information about the Breast Center, please refer to our list of Frequently Asked Questions. We hope these answers are helpful, and that you will feel free to contact us at 603-433-5191 with additional questions and concerns.
Information Guide
This Information Guide to Breast Cancer outlines treatment options for the woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Feel free to share this brochure with your physician and family members or friends. If you have questions, please contact your physician or your local hospital.
Sensitive, State-of-the-Art Breast Care
At Portsmouth Regional Breast Center, our focus is on total breast health. Our location, designed by women for women, offers privacy and warmth, plus the convenience of noon time and late afternoon appointments. All of our technologists are women who are registered mammographers.
Our Breast Center reflects our commitment to the importance of early detection and to promoting breast health with the best leading edge technology and highly trained staff available anywhere.
Our Breast Center was among the first on the Seacoast to offer digital mammography. Our two digital mammography units which includes full field incorporate a Computer-Aided Detection.
Computer Aided Detection (CAD) systems use a digitized mammographic image that can be obtained from either a conventional film mammogram or a digitally acquired mammogram. The computer software then searches for abnormal areas of density, mass, or calcification that may indicate the presence of cancer. The CAD system highlights these areas on the images, alerting the radiologist to the need for further analysis. A radiologist, a physician specifically trained to supervise and interpret radiology examinations, will analyze the images and send a signed report to your primary care or referring physician, who will discuss the results with you.
In September 2005, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that digital mammography clinical trial results found that women with dense breasts, women younger than 50, and those who are peri-menopausal may benefit from digital mammograms. According the NCI, "This digital mammography study demonstrates how new technologies are expanding our ability to detect breast cancer earlier in more women.”
The Portsmouth Regional Breast Center brings our breast care services together - mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, ultrasound, even access to breast MRI's if needed. This facility reflects our commitment to importance of early detection and to promoting breast health with the best possible technology and highly trained staff available.
We are committed to providing the very best in prevention, screening, education and patient care. Our services include:
- Mammography -- fully accredited by the American College of Radiology
- Surgery -- with an emphasis on alternatives to total mastectomy for breast cancer patients
- Chemotherapy
- Cosmetic and reconstructive surgery
- Rehabilitation after breast surgery to maximize comfort, mobility and appearance
Two Digital Mammography machines are available at the Breast Center located at 155 Borthwick Avenue. Evening and Saturday appointments are available in Portsmouth.
Advanced Technologies & Treatment Options
Our mammography department is fully accredited by the American College of Radiology, our MRI unit performs gadolinium-enhanced breast scans, and we use the stereotactic system for breast biopsies - a state-of-the-art, minimally invasive technique for early diagnosis of breast cancer. When surgery is necessary, our breast surgeons place an emphasis on alternatives to total mastectomy. Chemotherapy options are available, as are post-operative breast reconstruction surgery and a rehabilitation program to maximize comfort, mobility, and appearance.
Find a Physician
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Melissa M. Ethier, MD
Women's Health Associates of Portsmouth
875 Greenland Road
Building A, Suite B11
Portsmouth, NH 3801
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Anne H. Kalter, MD
Gynecology and Infertility Associates
Dover Professional Center, Suite 201
15 Old Rollinsford Road
Dover, NH 3820
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Robert McLellan, MD, FACOG
The Hematology and Oncology Center at Portsmouth Regional Hospital
155 Borthwick Ave
Suite 301
Portsmouth, NH 03801
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Locations
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Women's Health Associates of Portsmouth
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875 Greenland Road
Building A, Suite B11
Portsmouth, NH 3801 -
Gynecology and Infertility Associates
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Dover Professional Center, Suite 201
15 Old Rollinsford Road
Dover, NH 3820 -
The Hematology and Oncology Center at Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Directions
155 Borthwick Ave
Suite 301
Portsmouth, NH 03801
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