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Mountainside Medical Center to hold breast health update for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Health Mountainside Medical Center joins the effort to raise awareness by holding a free Breast Health update on October 18 from 6 - 7 PM.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center will be joining the effort to raise awareness by holding a free Breast Health update on October 18 from 6 -7 p.m. at 1 Bay Avenue in Montclair. Please call 1-800-973-4674 or visit mountainsidehosp.com/events to register. Presented by Michelle O'Shea, M.D., breast surgeon with Mountainside Medical Group and Mountainside Medical Center, the workshop will highlight the latest treatment options for women and men.
Risk factors for developing breast cancer are age, family history, and being overweight. About one in eight women will be impacted by breast cancer in her lifetime, and more than 50 percent of women will experience breast lumps. While every lump requires investigation, more than 80 percent are diagnosed as benign and noncancerous. Sophisticated diagnostic tools can detect asymptomatic breast cancer in its earliest stages. The survival rate for patients with early stage breast cancer exceeds 90 percent.
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“Early detection, including doing monthly breast self-exams and scheduling regular clinical breast exams and mammograms can help ensure the best possible outcomes,” states Dr. O'Shea. “As a full-service hospital, we have immediate access to the complete continuum of skilled care whenever the treatment of breast cancer or other diseases of the breast is indicated.”
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With its state-of-the-art technology, the Breast Health Program at Mountainside Medical Center offers comprehensive prevention, diagnostic and care treatment services provided by a multidisciplinary team of skilled physicians and staff from the Women's Health, Multi-Specialty and Cancer Centers.
About five percent to ten percent of breast cancer cases are thought to be hereditary. The Mountainside Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Program, a first in the region, is a program dedicated to improving quality of life by helping women know, understand and effectively manage their risk. Genetic testing and counseling are offered for those who may be at risk due to family history, and the program’s compassionate, skilled specialists will help those at high risk make informed choices and take proactive, preventive steps.
About Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside Medical Center
Mountainside Medical Center has been serving Montclair and its surrounding New Jersey communities since 1891. The hospital provides patients immediate access to innovative and effective treatment alternatives at specialized centers within the hospital that focus on imaging, women’s health, cancer care, surgery, obesity, stroke and chronic kidney disease. Mountainside Medical Center is designated as a Primary Stroke Center by the NJ State Department of Health and Senior Services and is one of only a few community hospitals licensed by the State to perform emergency cardiac angioplasty. To learn more about Mountainside Medical Center visitwww.mountainsidehosp.com.
ABOUT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH
Hackensack Meridian Health is a leading not-for-profit health care organization that is the most comprehensive and truly integrated health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. Hackensack Meridian Health comprises 13 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children's hospitals and nine community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers. Hackensack Meridian Health has 28,000 team members, more than 6,000 physicians and is a distinguished leader in health care philanthropy, committed to the health and well-being of the communities it serves.
The Network's notable distinctions include having one of only five major academic medical centers in the nation to receive Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals Award for five or more consecutive years, the number one hospital in New Jersey as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, consistently achieving Magnet® recognition for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Award for Patient Safety and Quality from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum, a six-time recipient of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For," one of the "20 Best Workplaces in Health Care" in the nation, and the number one "Best Place to Work for Women." Hackensack Meridian Health is a member of AllSpire Health Partners, an interstate consortium of leading health systems, to focus on the sharing of best practices in clinical care and achieving efficiencies.
The hospitals of Hackensack Meridian Health include: academic medical centers – Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune; children's hospitals – Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital in Hackensack, K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital in Neptune; community hospitals – Ocean Medical Center in Brick, Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, and Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood.
