My wife may have breast cancer is about to have a biopsy to confirm what her Dr's initial dignosis. We in live in the Chicxago area and are trying to find the 2 or 3 best hospitals to consider for treatment if it turns out that she does in fact have breats cancer. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Q: My wife may have breast cancer. She's getting a biopsy to confirm what the dr believes is cancer.
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5/20/09 7:17pm
Hi Miles: Hopefully your wife's biopsy will be negative - about 85% of biopsies are, in fact, negative. But if not: Here are the two Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Chicago. There are 39 CCCs in the country, and this designation (given by the government) is generally accepted as a mark of excellence. Good luck to both of you-
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center 
Michelle Le Beau, Ph.D.
Director
5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 2115
Chicago, Illinois 60637-1470
Tel: (773) 702-6180
Fax: (773) 702-9311
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Northwestern University
Steven T. Rosen, M.D.
Director
303 E. Superior Street
Suite 3-125
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Tel: (312) 908-5250
Fax: (312) 908-1372
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