Breast Cancer Team
Our Breast Team offers the full spectrum of care, from diagnosis through treatment and survivorship. Comprising breast surgeons, reconstructive surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and others, the team blends each provider’s expertise to create a treatment plan for each woman.
Guiding You Through Treatment
Our nurse navigators guide you in your cancer treatment and serve as a regular point of contact. The breast cancer team's nurse navigators are Diane Nielson, RN, BSN, CNBN, CBCN, and Elfrida Bauer, BA, RN, OCN, CBCN.
Dr. Ursa Brown-Glaberman, medical oncologist with the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center and Breast Clinical Working Group Lead, specializes in the treatment of early-stage and metastatic breast cancer. The Cancer Therapy Advisor features her observations on addressing emerging therapies.
Fortunately in breast cancer, most patients are cured of their disease...The key is to find the disease early when it is still curable.
— Ursa Brown-Glaberman, MD
What Each Team Member Offers
Our medical oncologists diagnose and treat cancer using chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy. At UNM Cancer Center, they also manage breast cancer clinical trials in these areas.
Our specialty breast surgeons use the latest technology to assess and treat breast cancer. They perform excisional biopsies to assess suspicious tumors., and they work with the entire Breast team to create a final treatment plan. Our surgeons offer nipple-sparing and skin-sparing surgery to treat breast cancer or to reduce its risk.
Treat cancer using radiation. Radiation kills cancer cells and radiation oncologists manage how much radiation to use and how it is given. Radiation oncologists at UNM Cancer Center offer stereotactic body radiation, stereotactic surgery, intensity modulated radiation therapy and high-dose rate brachytherapy radiation.
Find breast cancer in mammograms. Our radiologists are experts in reading mammograms and have many years of training and practice.
Reshape or rebuild parts of the body. At UNM Cancer Center, our reconstructive surgeons offer microsurgical flap surgery, deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap surgery, and fat grafting.
May give medications or injections, take medical histories, perform medical exams or perform certain medical procedures under the guidance of a physician.
Help you learn about your risk of getting cancer based on your and your family's medical history. The counseling may lead to genetic tests for you or members of your family.
Meet the Breast Cancer Team
Many experts collaborate to offer you the best care and treatment.Cancer Nutritionists
Help people fighting cancer get through their treatment. Instead of prescribing drugs, they prescribe foods that will help them with their health.
I tell patients, don’t hesitate to ask for help (during cancer treatment). This is the time to ask.
— Ernestine Trujillo, MS, RD, LD, cancer nutritionist
Learn more: In-depth from the National Cancer Institute
The content below is provided by the National Cancer Institute. Please contact the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center at 505-272-4946 for more information.
The content below is provided by the National Cancer Institute. Please contact the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center at 505-272-4946 for more information.
The content below is provided by the National Cancer Institute. Please contact the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center at 505-272-4946 for more information.