Breast Assessment Program

The Heather Griffith Breast Assessment Centre has services and programs for your breast health. You will be cared for by a team of nurses, technologists, surgeons, diagnostic imaging services, and radiologists (doctors who look at the breast images).

You can have breast screening done at The Breast Assessment Centre through the following programs:

• Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP)
  You can refer yourself to this program.
  To schedule your appointment, call Central Booking at 905-721-4717. 
• High Risk Breast Cancer Screening Program
  You may be eligable for high risk screening if you are 30-69 years old and have a personal or family history of cancer.  
• Appointment with a surgeon. Patients may be seen by a surgeon for the following reasons: abnormal mammogram, abnormal ultrasound, suspicious breast lump, bloody nipple discharge, positive core biopsy, complex symptomatic cysts, patient education. Here's our referral form.
• A Nurse Navigator. You can talk to a nurse navigator for support or information. You may call the nurse navigator at 905-576-8711 ext. 36414.  Read our hand out on the Breast Assessment Program.

You may have the following tests or appointments at The Heather Griffith Breast Assessment Centre:

• A mammogram (an x-ray image of the breast).
  To schedule your appointment, call Central Booking at 905-721-4717.
• A breast ultrasound (use of sound waves to create a picture of the breast).
  To schedule your appointment, call Central Booking at 905-721-4717.
• A breast biopsy (removal of a small sample of breast tissue).
  To discuss your appointment, contact 905-576-8711 ext. 33923.
• Breast core biopsy after care.

For a last minute appointment cancellation or to inquire about any lost items in the Breast Assessment Centre, contact 905-576-8711 ext. 34251.

Directions

The Breast Assessment Centre is found on B1 level, N wing of Lakeridge Health Oshawa. The centre is next to the MRI (Medical Resonance Imaging) area where Breast MRI exams are done.

Tests and procedures

• Preparing for a Breast Core Biopsy
• Preparing for a Breast Needle Localization
• Breast Care After Your Breast Core Biopsy

Understanding breast cancer

• Breast cancer and you: A guide for living with breast cancer
• Breast Cancer Information and Supports

Breast surgery 

• What you need to know about having breast surgery
• Making Decisions for Your Care and Treatment
• Preparing for Conversations about My Care
• Understanding breast cancer surgery  (Canadian Breast Cancer Network)
• Exercises After Breast Surgery (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Understanding your risk of lymphedema
• Jackson-Pratt (JP) Drainage System

Other helpful information

• Sign up for MyChart
• How a member of our Psychosocial Oncology Team can help you