At City of Hope® Cancer Center Atlanta, we understand that one cancer matters. Yours. That’s why we created the Women’s Cancer Center, where women facing the many types of breast and gynecologic cancers can receive personalized screening, diagnostics and treatment under one roof.
These numbers underscore the need:
- In the United States, one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in her lifetime.
- One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
- In Georgia, nearly 10,200 new cases of breast cancer and more than 3,100 new cases of gynecologic cancer will be diagnosed in 2025.
- When caught in its earliest, localized stages, the five-year relative survival rate for breast cancer is 99%.
Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment for Women
Breast and gynecologic cancers have many types, from invasive ductal carcinoma, the most common form of breast cancer, to rarer diseases like inflammatory breast cancer and fallopian tube cancer. No matter your cancer type, you can expect leading-edge screening and diagnostic tools that aid early detection, along with innovative treatment options for cancers unique to women, including:
- Breast cancer
- Ovarian, cervical, uterine (endometrial), vaginal and vulvar cancers — which comprise most gynecologic cancer cases
- Peritoneal and fallopian tube cancers, gestational trophoblastic disease, gynecologic organ sarcomas and genetically predisposed high-risk patients
Why Wait?
What Sets Our Atlanta Women’s Cancer Program Apart?
Specialization. Innovation. Collaboration.
Right here in Georgia, City of Hope is redefining what’s possible in breast and gynecological cancer care through our Women’s Cancer Center. Experience the difference:
Lifesaving speed to care, with same-day screening, consultations in as little as 24 hours and treatment plans within five to seven days.
Female-focused care, combining the expertise and comfort of an experienced, predominantly women-led roster of fellowship-trained, board-certified physicians and clinicians specializing in breast and gynecologic cancers.
Rare and advanced cancer expertise, including specialization in inflammatory, triple-negative and male breast cancers, as well as gynecologic cancers.
Importantly, a wide array of research suggests that women with gynecologic cancers who are treated by a gynecologic oncologist have better outcomes and chances for survival than those who are not.
Comprehensive care, from prevention and screening to diagnostics, treatment and survivorship, for example:
- Our Atlanta High-Risk Breast Cancer Program, led by genetic counselors who interpret genetic testing results and develop strategies designed to reduce breast cancer risk
- Advanced diagnostic tools, such as 3D mammography
- Sophisticated surgical techniques, including nipple-sparing mastectomy and reconstructive flap surgery
- Precision medicine, including genetic and genomic testing, immunotherapy, targeted therapies and clinical trials
- Supportive care, focused on self-image, sexual health and fertility challenges and concerns, including lymphedema management, fertility-sparing surgery, pelvic floor therapy, behavioral health, survivorship support and DigniCap® therapy to help reduce hair loss during chemotherapy
Leader in quality and safety, with disease-specific accreditations by the National Quality Measures for Breast Centers® and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers
Visit our Atlanta Gynecologic Cancer Center page for more information.
One Call Is All It Takes.
Our Atlanta Women’s Cancer Experts
At City of Hope Atlanta, we accelerate access to renowned experts in breast and gynecological cancer. That means surgical oncologists, medical oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, radiation oncologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, behavioral health therapists, pain management providers, genetic counselors and others — working together to provide you with more options and more hope.
Patients at our Women’s Cancer Center also benefit from our coast-to-coast clinical network, where experts at City of Hope Atlanta and across the City of Hope system collaborate on complex breast and gynecologic cancer cases.
Click the links below to learn more about our Women’s Cancer Center team:
Anita Johnson, M.D., FACS, is a surgical oncologist, leader, Atlanta Women's Cancer Program and chief of surgery at City of Hope® Atlanta.
Dr. Natalie Godbee joined City of Hope in August 2017 as a Gynecologic Oncologist and will serve gynecologic cancer patients at our Atlanta hospital. When working with patients, she believes in taking into consideration all systems of the body to provide whole-person care.
Frederick L. Durden Jr., M.D., plastic & reconstructive surgeon at City of Hope Atlanta, embodies the City of Hope approach by offering advanced treatment techniques in an environment that cares for the whole person. As Dr. Durden grows a strong center for microsurgical reconstruction, he also
“Every patient should feel confident about the care they are receiving,” says Dr. Shakibnia, radiation oncologist at City of Hope Atlanta. Dr. Shakibnia inspires that confidence through her dedication to expertise in radiation oncology.
Make an Appointment with Our Atlanta Team
With cancers unique to women, personalized care matters — and it’s closer than ever to patients in Georgia at our comprehensive cancer hospital in Newnan, just 30 minutes southwest of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and a short drive from the Atlanta area.
City of Hope Atlanta
Women's Cancer Center
600 Celebrate Life Pkwy.
Newnan, GA 30265
New and current patients: (877) 524-4673
