Approved breast clinics: the best possible care

Everyone wants the best possible care, and rightly so. For breast cancer, you’ll find that care at an accredited breast clinic, where doctors and healthcare staff specialize in breast cancer, have extensive experience with the disease, and are up to date on the latest treatments and developments. Breast clinics are legally accredited centers of expertise staffed by doctors, nurses, psychologists, and physical therapists who all specialize in breast cancer. To maintain its accreditation, a breast clinic must treat a minimum number of new breast cancer cases each year. Originally, in 2007, that number was at least 150 per year, but those standards have since been relaxed under pressure from other hospitals that also treat breast cancer. Since 2013, so-called coordinating and satellite breast clinics have therefore been established, where 125 and 60 new cases of breast cancer, respectively, must be treated annually. There are other criteria that breast clinics must meet as well. These relate to treatment pathways, equipment, and reimbursement.

Not required

With breast cancer, you can also go to any other hospital. The care there does not have to be any less good; much depends on the expertise of the care staff present. Still, they usually have less experience with breast cancer than in a recognized breast clinic. Logical, if you also treat many other diseases. Many patients are not aware that there is legal recognition for breast clinics. It is therefore best to check yourself whether the hospital of your choice also has this accreditation and can therefore guarantee the best possible care. It is best to check yourself. You can find the list of all recognized breast clinics on the website of Europa Donna Belgium. At Europa Donna you will also find a map with all breast clinics in Belgium. It allows you to quickly check where the nearest breast clinic is located.

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