Centro Seno Ticino

‘Welcomed, Listened to, Cared for, Accompanied.’

Centro Seno Ticino’s motto
Clinica Sant’Anna in Sorengo: its brick-coloured wings among the trees.
Clinica Sant’Anna, Sorengo
At the reception desk in Sorengo, the receptionist greets a woman with a smile.

Our history

Centro Seno Ticino is a breast centre at Clinica Sant’Anna, Via Sant’Anna 1, in Sorengo, with oncology in the centre of Lugano: certified by the Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (DKG), it provides diagnosis, surgery, reconstruction and chemotherapy with the same team.

  1. 1934

    Clinica Sant’Anna has been in Sorengo since 1934.

  2. 2012

    By 2012 it already had its own Breast Centre, where every case was discussed as a team.

  3. 2025

    Since 2025 it has been called Centro Seno Ticino: the clinic’s doctors have been joined by those of Affidea brustCare. The centre belongs to Clinica Sant’Anna (Swiss Medical Network) and Affidea brustCare.

It is certified by the Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (DKG): certificate FAB-Z-323, valid until 15 January 2029.

Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (DKG)

Certificate

Number
FAB-Z-323
Valid until
15.1.2029

The name is new; the words are the same:

‘Every woman who turns to us can be certain of being Welcomed, Listened to, Cared for and finally Accompanied on her journey in the fight against the disease.’

Centro Seno Ticino

Our doctors

The doctors of Centro Seno Ticino, with the location where each one sees patients and the number to call.

Sorengo

At Clinica Sant’Anna, Via Sant’Anna 1

091 994 41 31
  • Portrait: Dr. med. Damir De Monaco

    Dr. med. Damir De Monaco

    Breast surgery

    FMH and European EBOPRAS specialist in plastic and reconstructive surgery

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Barbara Pompei

    Dr. med. Barbara Pompei

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Paola Rodoni Cassis

    Dr. med. Paola Rodoni Cassis

    Radiology

  • Portrait: Prof. Dr. med. Virgilio Sacchini

    Prof. Dr. med. Virgilio Sacchini

    Breast surgery

    Breast surgeon, also at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Oana Moscovici

    Dr. med. Oana Moscovici

    Radiology

Lugano

Contrada di Sassello 5

091 252 27 00
  • Portrait: Dr. med. Alexandre Christinat

    Dr. med. Alexandre Christinat

    Oncology

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Maria Celeste Palmarocchi

    Dr. med. Maria Celeste Palmarocchi

    Oncology

Radiology at other centres

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Valerio Vitale

    Dr. med. Valerio Vitale

    Radiology, in Pregassona

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Elena Cauzza

    Dr. med. Elena Cauzza

    Radiology, in Bellinzona

  • Portrait: Dr. med. Manuel Kampmann

    Dr. med. Manuel Kampmann

    Radiology, in Lugano

Partners in Zurich

With the Brust-Zentrum and the Plastic Surgery Group in Zurich.

  • Portrait: PD Dr. med. Christoph Tausch

    PD Dr. med. Christoph Tausch

    Breast surgery

  • Portrait: Prof. Dr. med. Jian Farhadi

    Prof. Dr. med. Jian Farhadi

    Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Breast Care Nurse: Erna Ramelli, on the committee of the Swiss Breast Care Nurse Association. Support

Send a request at any time: reception at the location you choose will confirm your appointment.