Director’s Message

Approximately one among nine Japanese women develop breast cancer, and this number is currently increasing.
However, breast cancer is a disease that we can tackle.
Due to advances in diagnostic technology and medicine, breast cancer has become detectable at a very early phase of the disease.
With such advances in therapeutic strategies and medicine, breast cancer is a disease that is very likely to be cured.
Breast cancer is the only type of malignant tumor that you can detect by yourself.
However, it is important to continuously undergo a routine examination, conduct a breast self-exam, and take care of yourself for detection of this disease.
Please take an interest in yourself not to overlook an opportunity to detect a health condition that you feel something is inappropriate.
That is the first step to overcome breast cancer.

Consultation hours

hours

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun.

address

FPG links OMOTESANDO III, 4-3-13 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, JAPAN

We have an online verification system for insurance qualification.

Medical services have been provided to patients who visit our approved insurance medical care facility by obtaining useful information on prior medical consultations, specific health checkups, and other relevant medical data.

Closed days

The first Thursday of every month and public holidays.

Close at 7:00 p.m. on Mondays and Fridays.
Close at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Office hours on Saturdays and Sundays, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Close at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays.

Appointment-only clinic

Please make your appointment using our online system.

Please bring your identification document, such as a health insurance card or passport.
Since we are a medical institution, please wear a mask in our facility.
As a medical facility, we kindly request that you wear a mask while inside.

Make your appointment here (https://calendar.app.google/pF52mZtFJ4CgkTqV6)
If you have any questions, please contact us here (https://my.mediphone.jp/services/phone/request?identity=p43898).

Visiting with a child or an adult male

Please refrain from visiting our clinic with a child (preschooler).

We kindly request patients not visiting our clinic with a child to ensure safety for children and testing and physical examination without any concerns.

There are neighboring childcare facilities cooperating with our clinic as indicated below. If you need daycare during consultation, please make an appointment directly with the childcare facility in advance.

Visiting with an adult male

Our clinic is a women-only institution.

Please note that patients cannot visit our clinic accompanied by an adult male.

If you prefer to hear a report on thorough examination results with an adult male present, please discuss this with us in advance. We will arrange our schedule for out of office hours.

Interventions covered by insurance at our Breast Care Department

For those with any problems such as breast lump, pain, and discharge
For those who are recommended to undergo a thorough examination and/or testing with a needle
For those who need follow-up after treatment

We conduct diagnostic imaging including mammography and ultrasonography, followed by thorough examinations such as cytodiagnosis, breast needle biopsy (core needle biopsy and tissue diagnosis), mammotome biopsy, and stereotactic vacuum-assisted breast biopsy.

Our specialists accurately diagnose a condition with the latest devices and refer a patient to an appropriate medical institution as needed while supporting the patient.

Tests required for physical examination, including mammography and ultrasonography, are conducted on the day of examination.

Your results for the tests and physical examination will be provided on the day of the examination.

We have no inpatients’ ward.

When treatment is considered necessary based on the test results, we will refer you to a medical institution providing appropriate interventions, depending on your condition and request, and assist you to receive a consultation.

We will responsibly refer you to a proper medical institution, if applicable.

You can consult on any questions about the details of interventions and discuss your concerns after receiving a consultation/surgery at a therapeutic facility.

For women who undergo a consultation at our Breast Care Department

Breast cancer is characterized by a higher cure rate if the lesion is detected at a very early phase of the disease.

Undergo an examination not to lose an opportunity for early detection/treatment.

Appropriate period for receiving the examination

Breasts are compressed to obtain images during mammography. Thus, the most appropriate period of the examination is about a week after the end of menstruation to avoid a period with breast swelling.

However, imaging during a period other than the above does not affect the examination results.

Tests that you can concurrently undergo

Various optional tests including bone mineral density test, examinations for anemia, liver function, and kidney function, pre-marital checkup, female/thyroid hormone tests, and tumor marker test to detect signs of cancer can be conducted.

We also conduct screening for womb cancer, bone mineral density test, various blood tests, placenta/vitamin infusion, and prescription of low-dosage birth-control pill.

Please feel free to discuss with us.

If you wish to undergo both screenings for breast and womb cancer, we recommend our women’s specialty screening program.

1. After making an appointment,please complete this Medical Questionnaire(in English) for the Breast Care Gynecology Department beforehand.
Then, send it to the following e-mail address before the day of your consultation : pinkrbncare@yahoo.co.jp

2. Visit our clinic and receive counseling
After a consultation at our clinic, our nurse reviews your Medical Questionnaire and explains the procedures for medical examinations. Then, please wear a patient gown, and lock your personal items in your locker.

3. Breast imaging by full field digital mammography (3D tomosynthesis)

Qualified female radiation therapist conducts the examination.

The breasts are compressed strongly with a compression plate to flatten for imaging the right and left breasts separately from two directions (vertical and horizontal directions).

It takes about 7 minutes from entering the examination room to the end of examination.

Compression time is limited to a few seconds.

4. Visual inspection, palpation, and physical examination by breast specialist

Breast specialist examines a lump by visual inspection and palpation.

5. Visual inspection, palpation, and physical examination by breast specialist

Breast specialist examines a lump by visual inspection and palpation.

6. The results are provided on the day of the examination, and a doctor explains the details while viewing the images

A doctor explains the examination results while showing the mammographs on the monitor.

The examination results are printed, to which the doctor’s comments are added, and provided to each patient so that one can comprehend her breast conditions more distinctly.

Documents in a non-Japanese language will be delivered by mail at a later date, with an additional fee.

Consultations in a non-Japanese language: First consultation 10,000 JPY 　Follow-up consultation 5,000 JPY
Results report in a non-Japanese language: 10,000 JPY

Postage : 430 JPY (domestic mail) *Additional charges apply for international mailing

Additionally, translation fees for other documents, including medical certificates and referral letters, vary according to the Japanese letter count in the documents.

Major credit cards and QR code payment systems are available for payment.

Ideal screening is a combination of breast and womb screenings

Womb cancer tends to be increased as with breast cancer.

In particular, the population with cervical cancer (malignant tumor in the opening between the vagina and the womb) is becoming younger. Therefore, womb screening is also essential for women health.

Our clinic also has a women’s specialty screening program by which both womb and breast cancer screenings are available on the same day.

※We are providing second opinions, and breast care counseling (These services are not covered by insurance).

Services that are not covered by insurance

Second opinion: 30,000 JPY (before-tax price) per 30 minutes

Those who are diagnosed with breast cancer
Those who would like to hear another doctor’s opinion for the diagnosis and/or therapeutic strategies

Breast care counseling: 10,000 JPY (before-tax price) per 15 minutes

Consultation during/after treatment of breast cancer and after breast enlargement surgery
Those who have a question about examination results obtained from another medical institution

Medical services covered by insurance at our Gynecology Department

Our medical services at our Gynecology Department are mainly screenings. However, our services may be covered by insurance for women with menstrual problem, period pain, abnormal vaginal discharge, pain, and/or itchiness observed during gynecological screening.

If you wish to obtain a pregnancy test result, receive a consultation for birth control, or emergency contraception, please consult our staff before consultation.

Examinations that are available on the same day

We also conduct breast cancer screening, bone mineral density test, various blood tests, placenta/vitamin infusion, and prescription of low-dosage birth-control pill, and AMH (ovarian age test).

Please feel free to discuss with us.

Medical services at our Breast Care Department are available on the same day

Let’s resolve all concerns of breast/womb cancer and other female specific problems that are common for women in most productive years on the same day.

Our clinic is also open on Saturdays as well and until late evening.

Please feel free to visit us after work or shopping.

Appointment fees

In order to ensure sufficient time for medical services, accurate examinations, patients’ privacy, shortening of patients’ waiting time, congestion mitigation, and infection prevention, an appointment should be made for all services at our clinic other than the following cases*.

An appointment fee (medical services covered by insurance, 1,000 JPY from Mondays to Fridays and 1,500 JPY on Saturdays and Sundays; screenings, 500 JPY only on Saturdays and Sundays [all tax included]) will be charged.

If youwish to receive a consultation by Director of our clinic, please make an appointment for Director’s consultation time window in advance (Additional fee of 500 JPY for designating Director is charged with the above appointment fee).

For those who wish to ＲＥＣＥＩＶＥ a consultation from the Director of our clinic without an additional reservation for director’s consultation time window, please note that you may or may not receive a consultation by Director.

For consultations in languages other than Japanese, specialized medical interpretation and translation services will be used. Therefore, additional fees apply for consultations, preparation of result reports, and other services.

Consultations in a non-Japanese language: First consultation 10,000 JPY 　Follow-up consultation 5,000 JPY
Results report in a non-Japanese language: 10,000 JPY

Postage : 430 JPY (domestic mail) *Additional charges apply for international mailing

Additionally, translation fees for other documents, including medical certificates and referral letters, vary according to the Japanese letter count in the documents.

Major credit cards and QR code payment systems are available for payment.

Medical services requiring no appointment fee

Medical services that are not covered by insurance (excluding Saturdays/Sundays and doctor-specified appointment slots)

Breast cancer screening, womb cancer screening, multiple women’s specialty checkup, second opinion,

breast care counseling, emergency contraception, and intravenous infusions that are not covered by insurance, etc.

(However, an additional fee of 500 JPY for designating Director of our clinic will also be charged in the above cases)

VAB biopsy and needle (CNB) biopsy
Emergency medical services outside of reserved time window
Those who need an emergency intervention for certain conditions such as pyrexia and acute inflammation

Medical services beyond the reserved time window for other reasons

However, patients without appointments may have to wait a longer time since we provide our services first to those with appointments.

If you are short on time and cannot wait, we recommend rescheduling your appointment again for another day.

Please note that additional fees in non-Japanese languages will apply for medical services even medical services without an appointment.

Without an appointment, you may or may not be able to receive our medical service –depending on the extent of crowding. Thus, we kindly request our patients to make an appointment in principle.

Appointment fees are part of a system established under the Health Insurance Act and the Special Healthcare Expenditure system, approved by the Kanto-Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare for medical institutions providing appropriate medical services.

We appreciate your comprehension and cooperation for provision of high-quality, comfortable, and safe medical services.

The approximate time from reception to payment would take 90 minutes to 2 hours for a single-department consultation. However, if a translation device is used, an additional 30 minutes to 1 hour may be required.

Although it may take about an hour and thirty minutes from reception until payment, please visit our clinic with time to spare.

※Please make sure to contact us if you are late for your appointment.

If you are late 30 minutes or longer for an appointment without prior notice, please note that your appointment may be canceled.

We highly appreciate your understanding.

Access

FPG links OMOTESANDO III, 4-3-13 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001

A one-minute walk from Exit A2 of Omote-sando Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line)

A path from Exit A2 to our clinic

1. Go straight ahead from Exit A2 of Omote-sando Station
The nearest station is Omote-sando Station (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, and Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line)

From Exit A2, pass Apple to your right.

2. Pass Ito Hospital to your right.
You will see an intersection immediately after leaving the exit, cross at the intersection, and find Ito Hospital on your right.

3. Go straight ahead for a while.
After passing Ito Hospital, you will see Saint Laurent on your right.

4. After passing Saint Laurent, turn right into the first narrow street.

After passing Saint Laurent, turn right into the first narrow street.

5. Go straight ahead on the narrow street.

Keep going straight ahead.

6. Go up the stairs on the right side in a building containing GINZA Global Style COMFORT on the first floor.

Our clinic is on the second floor of the building containing GINZA Global Style COMFORT, before peek-a-boo.

Go up the stairs to the second floor.

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