Comprehensive Breast Center at Rush

With great skill and sensitivity, the Comprehensive Breast Center team provides a full range of the latest and most innovative treatment options, including groundbreaking immunotherapies, advanced chemotherapy approaches, the latest radiation therapies and a full range of surgical options. Their goal: to provide the gentlest and most effective care possible.

Click here for more information on the Breast Center at Rush.

Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Programs at
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago

At Rush, we offer a range of standard and investigational therapies for the treatment of cancer. We have more than a dozen programs specializing in the treatment of specific cancers, including:

• Bone Cancer
• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Gynecological Cancers
• Head and Neck Cancers
• Hematological Malignancies
  (cancers of the blood and lymph system)
• Leukemia
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Myeloma
• Orthopedic Cancers
• Prostate Cancer
• Radiation Oncology
• Skin Cancers

Rush cancer programs are approved by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. Only one in four hospitals that treat cancer receive this special approval.

Click here to visit the home page for Cancer Programs at Rush.

Cancer Screening and Prevention
Cancer screening and prevention are priorities at Rush. Through genetic testing, counseling and advanced techniques for early detection, Rush helps people with a strong history of breast, ovarian, colon and other cancers. And in our state-of-the-art mammography center, we have one of the city’s finest teams of radiologists dedicated to early detection of breast cancer.

• Breast Imaging Center
• Genetic Diagnosing and Counseling Center
• Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer Center
• Skin Cancer Detection

Cancer Support Programs at Rush
Cancer is not only a physical ordeal, it is also an emotional one, affecting cancer patients, their family and friends. To help address the whole person, we offer a number of resources to help patients and their loved ones cope in this difficult time.

For information on the cancer support programs at Rush click here.

Clinical Trials
Rush offers a number of clinical trials of experimental cancer treatments. Use the links below to search for studies for a particular form of cancer. If you are interested in exploring your eligibility for one of our open trials, please call (312) 942-8312. If we do not list trials for a particular type of cancer, please feel free to call us to discuss other treatment options.

For information on cancer clinical trial programs at Rush click here.

Find a Specialist at Rush
To find a cancer specialist at Rush, click on one of the following links:

• Oncology
• Gynecologic Oncology
• Orthopedic Oncology
• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
• Radiation Oncology
• Surgical Oncology

To find specialist at Rush in other cancer-related areas, click on one of the following links:

• Bone Marrow Transplant
• General Surgery
• Hematology

Or make an appointment with a doctor at Rush by calling our toll-free physician referral number:

• (888) 352-RUSH.

To reach the hospital operator, call (312) 942-5000. If you have difficulty hearing, call (312) 942-2207 (TTY/TTD).