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NKI Breast Cancer Center
What can you expect?
First appointment
Have you been diagnosed with breast cancer in another hospital? You can contact us for a second opinion in the short term. You can also have (further) treatment with us.
You will be at the rapid diagnostics/second opinion clinic for this. This means that you will first have an interview and physical examination with the surgeon or nurse specialist. All the radiological examinations previously done will be reviewed and analysed. Additional radiological examinations and tissue examinations are carried out on the same day if necessary.
All patients who come for a second opinion are discussed in our multidisciplinary consultation in which all breast cancer specialists are involved.
You will receive complete tailor-made advice. In most cases, we can give you our treatment advice the same day.
Additional research
If you want to be treated with us and additional tests are needed, we will make follow-up appointments for additional diagnostic tests.
Treatment
After that, your treatment will begin.
On average, you will be treated within:
- Radiotherapy treatment: <14 days
- Surgery (with reconstruction): <56 days
- Surgery (without reconstruction): <32 days
- Treatment with medication: <14 days
Aftercare
After your treatment, you will remain under our supervision. There is also a lot of attention for supportive care, you can contact us for extra help at the Center for Quality of Life.
