Candace Bavette Mainor, MD| Medical Oncology, Breast Medical Oncology | MedStar Health
About me
Dr. Mainor is a fellowship-trained, board-certified medical oncologist. She specializes in diagnosing and treating breast cancer (early stage and metastatic), breast cancer prevention, and clinical trials. Dr. Mainor’s research focuses on developing novel therapies for breast cancer and health care disparities. In addition, she is also focusing some of her research on exploring therapeutics which may help to decrease cancer-treatment-related toxicity.
Dr. Mainor’s main areas of clinical expertise include:
- Breast cancer (early stage and metastatic)
- Breast cancer prevention
- Clinical trials
Clinical areas of focus
- A1c Testing
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Mammaprint Testing
Procedures I perform
- A1c Testing
- Adjuvant Hormone Therapy
- Antiangiogenic Therapy
- Bone Density Testing
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer And Fertility
- Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer Treatment
- Breast Density Evaluation
- Breast Exam
- Breast Implant Removal With Lift
- Breast Reconstruction
- Cancer Fertility Preservation
- Cancer Rehabilitation
- Clinical Trials For Breast Cancer Treatment
- Cold Laser Therapy
- Diagnostic Breast Imaging
- Diagnostic Mammography
- Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
- Dopamine Therapy
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) Surgery
- Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy
- Flap Surgery
- Genetic Counseling
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Immunohistochemistry Staining
- Immunotherapy
- Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
- Lymph Node Biopsy
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mammaprint Testing
- Metabolomic Testing
- Nausea And Vomiting Management
- Needle Localization
- Risk-Reducing Mastectomy
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
- Tissue Biopsy
- Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy
- Ventricular Assist Device Placement
- Whole Breast Radiation Therapy
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Lombardi Cancer Center
Washington, DC, 20007
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-POS
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- TRICARE for Life East
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst EPO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- IH-POS Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- POS OA
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Basic
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare Direct
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Choice POS
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open POS II
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CIGNA EPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Employee Health Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HighMark
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Sentara Health
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Core Essential (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Administrators
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Network OA
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- BlueChoice Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Student Resources
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medicine GME (2018)
Residency: University of Maryland Medical Center (2015)
Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine (2012)