About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to prove to women that they do not have to worry about breast cancer. Mortality from this disease has decreased since the introduction of the screening programme in the Czech Republic.
One of the main reasons for this success is that more and more women are regularly visiting quality screening centres such as ours. This allows experienced doctors to make a timely diagnosis. This means that the treatment of cancer before it spreads throughout the patient's whole body.
Over 50,000 women visit our clinic every year, and our doctors diagnose 8 to 12 breast cancers per week. Most of them are found in the early stageswhen they are still well treatable. We can therefore state that we save several hundred lives each year!
BREAST UNIT PRAGUE, Mamma centre Opatov and Hradčanská, are clinics specialised in diagnosis of malignant and benign breast diseasesThe centers received accreditation from the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic for the implementation of mammographic screening right from the beginning of their operation. Our experts, under the leadership of MUDr. Miroslava Skovajsová Ph.D. provide expert advice to women during illness and after treatment.We also offer a care to all the healthy women with a higher personal or family susceptibility to developing cancer.
For whom we are here:
We are here for everyone who takes their health seriously. The word "who" is intentionally used here because breast disease does not discriminate affecting both women and men.
We provide a wide range of breast diagnostics. Healthy women can come to our center for regular check-up, either as part of fully-covered mammography screening by their health insurance or, if they do not meet the age criteria, they can choose to pay for the examination themselves (price list of examinations). Most health insurance companies cover regular screening mammography once every two years for women aged 45 and older.
Women and men who already have an existing health concern and the have a referral for diagnostic mammography or other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures(such as biopsy, puncture, etc.) are also welcome for examination. Additionally, we also provide consultation services..
Why come to us:
The BREAST UNIT PRAGUE facilities were established in accordance with standard requirements of the European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA) and Europa Donna for the operation of screening units. The facilities are equipped with the latest mammographic and sonographic technology with all necessary connections. The professional and organizational guarantor is a pioneer in Czech breast screening and integrated breast diagnostics, MUDr. Miroslava Skovajsová, Ph.D.
Other experts in breast diagnostics with years of experience include MUDr. Jana Frýbová, MUDr. Jana Žížalová, MUDr. Ida Topolová, and others who specialize in breast diagnostics.All the doctors have extensive experience in performing interventional breast procedures. This includes routine biopsies, sample collection under stereotactic control, and marking the surgical field before surgery. They also routinely assess the effects of chemotherapy in patients treated in the so-called neoadjuvant regimen. They use sonography to evaluate the quality of breast implants in women who have undergone breast augmentation and assess various conditions following aesthetic breast procedures.