In addition to its high quality treatment facilities, The Hoffberger Breast Center at Mercy participates in a number of clinical trials, research projects, and outreach programs. Through these activities, we contribute to breakthroughs in treatment, prevention, and awareness of breast disease.

The Hoffberger Breast Center at Mercy leads the development of new treatments for chronic breast pain. We are also part of a national research effort to use new technology to reduce breast biopsies.

The Center works to increase awareness of breast cancer and the benefits of early detection through our successful educational and community outreach programs:

• We participate each year in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's "Race for the Cure" by staffing an information booth and providing materials about breast cancer prevention, detection, and survival.
  
  
• We are actively involved in the "Check It Out" program presented by Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. "Check It Out" is a breast health program created in 1994 for young women in their last two years of high school, and includes a one-hour instruction class which features information on performing a breast self-examination. Since its inception, the program has reached more than 100,000 young women across the United States and 30,000 in Maryland.

Cryoablation Therapy for benign breast disease