Breast Cancer

HealthAlliance Hospital offers a complete range of diagnostic services including digital mammography, breast MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and ultrasound for routine breast cancer screening, as well as prompt evaluation and state-of-the-art treatment of breast disorders and cancer at the Simonds-Sinon Regional Cancer Center.

Surgeons at HealthAlliance Hospital also provide inpatient and surgical treatments for different types of cancer, including breast cancer.

Our breast cancer services include:

  • Abnormal mammography appointments (second opinion for abnormal mammograms)
  • Access to clinical trials
  • Anti-tumor chemotherapy
    • Biotherapy
    • Hormonal therapy
  • Surgery
  • Diagnostic breast ultrasound
  • Digital mammography
  • Hematology
  • Lymphedema treatment
  • Outpatient biopsy procedures
    • Stereotactic breast biopsy
    • Ultrasound-guided biopsy
  • Radiation therapy
  • Rapid access to image-guided breast biopsy, often on the same day as the initial diagnostic appointment
  • Reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery
  • Risk assessment counseling
  • Support services
    • Educational seminars
    • Home care coordination
    • Patient Navigator
    • Star 
    • Nutritional counseling
    • Oncology nursing
    • On-site American Cancer Society Resource Center
    • Social work
    • Support groups

At HealthAlliance Hospital, we realize that cancer patients have many questions. This is why we place great emphasis on taking the time to talk to all patients, their families and loved ones about the disease and course of treatment.

Health Alliance Hospital's affiliation with UMass Memorial Medical Center and its Comprehensive Breast Center gives patients access to the latest research and treatment for breast cancer. 

 

Appointments and Staff

For help in choosing a physician, call 978-665-5900.

To schedule a mammogram at HealthAlliance Hospital call 978-466-2660.

To schedule an appointment at HealthAlliance Hospital's Simond-Sinon Regional Cancer Center call 978-343-5048.

To schedule an outpatient MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) exam, call 800-258-4674.

HealthAlliance Hospital Oncologists
To schedule an appointment, click on the profiles below.

Tasneem Ali, MD
James O'Shea, MD
Christopher Seidler, MD
David Shepro, MD
Bradley Switzer, MD 
Madhavi Toke, MD 

HealthAlliance Hospital General Surgeons
Benjamin Grajales, MD
Kent Greenwood, MD
Nathaniel Merrell, MD
Robert Shelton, MD  

HealthAlliance Hospital Radiation Oncologists
T.J. FitzGerald, MD