Breast Units in Brazil:

Hospital São Lucas PUCRS

Porto Alegre, Brazil

180 New breast cancer cases treated per year
13 Breast multidisciplinarity team members

Radiologists, surgeons, pathologists, medical oncologists, radiotherapists and nurses

Clinical Director: Gustavo Werutsky, MD

The Breast Cancer Center at Hospital São Lucas PUCRS in Porto Alegre, Brazil, provides state-of-the-art care for breast cancer patients. Hospital São Lucas, which is part of PUCRS University, is a tertiary Hospital certified by ONA and Qmentum, with more than 600 beds serving the public and private health system with expert physicians across multi-speciality areas all the facilities using cutting edge technology. We organize weekly breast cancer MDT meetings where all new cases are discussed. Treatment is planned with the best and most personalized options available, including the latest surgical options, breast reconstruction, radiation therapy and systemic treatments. Our clinical research centre is one of the biggest in Brazil, providing the opportunity for patients to enter ongoing national and international breast cancer clinical trials with novel therapies. At Breast Cancer Center HSL PUCRS, we are proud of ourselves for being up to date with all the advancements in breast cancer to ensure that all patients have access to the latest and most effective treatments.

CERTIFICATION(S) ACCREDITATION(S)

Organização Nacional de Acreditação Nivel 3 Expiration date: 01 January 2022
	IQC Health Services Accreditation
Certification document (original lang.)