MercyOne Waterloo Breast Center
Hours
The MercyOne Waterloo Breast Center brings together top technology and breast health experts to give you comprehensive, advanced breast care close to home. We specialize in preventing, finding and diagnosing breast cancer, as well as modern breast cancer treatment including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation.
View videos about Waterloo Breast Center
Mammograms are quick, easy and save lives
Early detection, diagnosis and treatment are key to surviving breast cancer. Mammograms are still the best way to screen for breast cancer. That’s why all of our imaging centers offer top-of-the-line technology to give you the best screening available, including:
- 3D mammography giving doctors a three-dimensional image of breast tissue.
- Hologic Clarity HD® Technology which generates sharper and more detailed breast images.
- SmartCurve™ paddle to give you a more comfortable mammogram.
If you have average risk of developing breast cancer, you should get a mammogram every year starting at age 40. Expert radiologist Rachel Preisser, MD, explains how this one step is changing breast cancer survival rates.
With imaging available in Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Oelwein, we are committed to finding breast cancer early.
Before scheduling your mammogram, ask your provider for a referral to MercyOne Waterloo Breast Center.
Expert, accredited care
MercyOne Waterloo Breast Center is the area's only accredited breast center. When you visit a breast center with accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers you can be assured it is held to the highest standards of care for patients with diseases of the breast. Should cancer be detected, we can provide the comprehensive services you need to move beyond breast cancer to live your best life as a cancer survivor.
Navigating treatment
Specialized doctors create your personalized treatment plan. Here, your entire support circle is with you every step of the way. MercyOne’s breast care experts work together to give exactly what you need.
At MercyOne, expert nurse navigators guide you and coordinate your care, including attending appointments, meeting with family members and helping connect you with support services.
Expert care close to home
MercyOne provides convenient access to the right level of care in the right location for you. We help you take control of your breast health by offering multiple screening locations in Cedar Falls, Oelwein and Waterloo, with referral to the Waterloo Breast Center. Weekly clinics are offered in the breast center so you can have your imaging and consultation done in the same place.
High Risk Breast Cancer Screening Program
MercyOne’s innovative, one of-a-kind program can help you determine if you have above-average risk of developing breast cancer. If you are at high risk for breast cancer, your doctor will recommend early detection screenings. High risk patients begin breast MRIs at age 25 and screening mammograms at age 30. Our experts work to identify these high-risk factors:
- Ashkenazi Jewish decent with family history of breast or ovarian cancer
- Dense breasts
- Family member with both breast and ovarian cancers
- Family history of male breast cancer
- Known genetic mutation
- One relative diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 or ovarian cancer at any age
- Personal history of breast cancer
- Personal history of chest radiation
- Previous biopsy with atypical cells, LCIS or ADH
- Two or more first or second degree relatives diagnosed with breast cancer at any age
- Tyrer-Cuzick score greater than 20
Every step of the journey
MercyOne Waterloo Cancer Center has the comprehensive care you need right here. We offer chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as well as hematology, at one convenient location. Other services include emotional support, nutrition advice, rehabilitation and wellness for complete cancer care.
