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You’ve just found a lump in your breast. Or perhaps your doctor has just informed you that your mammogram is abnormal. Perhaps you are concerned about your risk for breast cancer because of your family history. Women in this situation are often anxious, worried and fearful. Fortunately, with prevention strategies for high risk women, early detection and better treatment options, the mortality rate of breast cancer is decreasing.
Breast cancer research is active and ongoing and in the last 25 years thousands of brave women have participated in countless clinical trails to improve the care and survival of those diagnosed with breast cancer today.
Our approach to managing breast cancer, as well as benign breast disease is to empower you with knowledge. We are committed to maintaining clinical expertise in this field with the ability to offer you the latest technologies. We are dedicated to alleviating your anxiety, worry and fear, whatever the diagnosis may be, through a combination of expertise, education and compassion.
Welcome Dr. Mary Ahn.
We are pleased to introduce Mary Ahn, M.D. She will be joining Advanced Breast Care Specialist on June 1, 2010.
Dr. Ahn is a fellowship trained, board certified breast surgeon currently serving the Peoria area. She completed medical school at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in 1995, and then continued her training by completing her general surgery residency there. Following her residency, she completed a one-year Clinical Fellowship is Breast Diseases at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Breast Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Ahn then served as a private practitioner with Breast Care Specialists of Maine, she relocated back to the Midwest in 2007 practicing with Mid Illini Surgical Associates of Peoria, Illinois.

Please see today's blog entry for information about our response to the United States Preventative Services Task Force publication regarding new screening mammography guidelines.