Breast Cancer Screening
A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breast that can find cancer before it can be felt by you or your doctor. Learn more in this video from Dr. Michelle Specht, Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Mass General Cancer Center.
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Dr. Michelle Specht is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Cornell University Medical College. She completed her surgical training at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. She spent two years during her surgical training as a research fellow. Following her residency, Dr. Specht completed a fellowship in Breast Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Since 2004, Dr. Specht has been on staff at Massachusetts General Hospital and Newton Wellesley Hospital and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Specht's interests are focused on optimizing surgical treatment of breast cancer. She is particularly interested in patient's who must undergo multiple surgeries to complete treatment for their breast cancer. She is actively involved in evaluating new techniques to help minimize multiple operations for the treatment of breast cancer.
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Mass General Surgery: Surgical Oncology
55 Fruit St.
Yawkey Center for Outpatient Care
7th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-4000
Mass General Cancer Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-9200
Mass General Cancer Center at Mass General Waltham
52 Second Ave.
Suite 1110
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: 781-487-6100
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Same Day Surgery for Mastectomy with Reconstruction
Nipple sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction
Intra-operative imaging
Margin assessment
Treatment of lymphedema after breast cancer
High-risk patients
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A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breast that can find cancer before it can be felt by you or your doctor. Learn more in this video from Dr. Michelle Specht, Breast Surgical Oncologist at the Mass General Cancer Center.