The association of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Woman's Hospital results in a complete continuum of care for women facing a breast cancer diagnosis. For a complete listing of the services offered by the Comprehensive Breast Care program, click here.
Mary Bird Perkins has been solely dedicated to fighting cancer for over 35 years, serving 17 parishes in Southeast Louisiana. Mary Bird Perkins has a variety of the best of class radiation therapy options. This means we can treat the most simple cancer cases to the most complex cases – without accepting the limitations of a one size fits all solution. MBP currently offers the latest advances in radiation treatment technology, including IMRT, advanced IGRT through BrainLAB Novalis and the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System, stereotactic radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiotherapy, adaptive radiotherapy and 4-D CT tumor localization.
Woman's Hospital opened its doors in 1968, becoming one of the first women's specialty hospitals in the nation. Today, Woman's remains a freestanding not-for-profit organization, providing health services to women of every age. In addition, more than 7,300 surgeries, 42,000 breast procedures and 86,000 Pap tests annually are performed at Woman's Hospital.