TODAY, we are seeing a dramatic increase in the incidence of advanced cancers, likely because individuals have postponed preventive health visits and screenings during the pandemic. These increases will lead to even greater loss of lives to treatable diseases.
Prior to the COVID pandemic, each year in Brooklyn there were an average of:
Our goal is to see at least a 90% survival rate for ALL cancers.
Cancer can be a frightening diagnosis, and while Maimonides Health has the experts and expertise to treat the spectrum of cancers with personalized and targeted therapies, every year we lose Brooklynites to treatable, even curable cancers– if caught early.
Maimonides Health and the Brooklyn Cyclones are encouraging adults over age 40 to get screened, with tools and resources to make finding and scheduling screenings easy and accessible.
From diagnoses through treatment, patients receive individual attention and treatment planning that includes the most innovative therapies, state of the art technology, minimally invasive surgery and access to clinical trials.
For more than 50 years, Maimonides Children’s Hospital has served Brooklyn’s children and families with unparalleled emergency care, as the borough’s sole children’s hospital and
Maimonides Health has announced its new Women’s Neurology Center, a comprehensive specialty neurology and OB/GYN care practice with a focus on women’s unique neurologic needs
Breast reinnervation procedures now available at Maimonides Breast Center offer patients undergoing mastectomy the possibility of restored breast sensation post-surgery and further enhance Maimonides’ reputation
