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Health Encyclopedia: Breast Cancer Surgery: Lumpectomy, Breast Conserving Surgery, Mastectomy, And Side Effects
- Breast Cancer Surgery: Lumpectomy, Breast Conserving Surgery, Mastectomy, and Side Effects
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Surgery forms a part of nearly every patient's treatment for breast cancer. The initial surgical intervention is often a lumpectomy, the removal of the tumor itself. In the past, mastectomy (the removal of the breast) was the standard treatment for nearly all breast cancers. Now, many patients with early-stage cancers can choose breast-conserving treatment, or lumpectomy followed by radiation, with or without chemotherapy.
Note: Local control rates using lumpectomy are comparable to those ...
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Expert & Community Posts
FAQS: Fibrocystic Breasts (Fibrocystic Changes) and Fibroadenomas
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Why We Need the EARLY Act
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Breast Cancer Recurrence: Is It Back?
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Is This Normal? A Teen Guide to Breast Development
By Phyllis Johnson , Health Expert...about 21, I felt a hard place at the top of my right breast. Of course, I started worrying... Read more »
Health Guide
Breasts: Lumps and Bumps
...Angeles, CA., remembers the day she discovered a painful, walnut-sized lump on the side of her left breast. "I was scared," she says. "I thought it was cancer." Daisy's gynecologist examined her... Read more »The Difference Between Tender Points and Tigger Points
...the second costochondral junctions, just lateral to the junctions on upper surfaces. (Edge of upper breast bone) Lateral epicondyle: bilateral, 2 cm distal to the epicondyles. (2 cms below... Read more »Breast infection
Mastitis; Infection - breast tissue; Breast abscess Symptoms Breast pain Breast lump Breast... Read more »Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening: Breast Self Exam and Mammograms
Breast Examination by a Health Professional. Early detection of breast cancer significantly reduces the risk of death. Women between the ages of 20 and 49 should have a physical examination... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
...average age of about 41 years.Reproductive Cancers. Women with type 1 diabetes often have lumps in the breast that are benign but which make mammograms difficult to interpret. It is not clear... Read more »Images
Medications
...unlikely but serious side effects occur: lump in the breast nipple discharge breast... Read more »
...unusual weight loss persistent itching lump in breast nipple discharge A very serious... Read more »
...and sweating (hot flashes), body aches and pains, breast swelling/tenderness/pain, headache,... Read more »
...(ta-MOX-ih-fen),(SOL-ta-mox) Uses Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer that has spread to... Read more »
...(ta-MOX-ih-fen),(SOL-ta-mox) Uses Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer that has spread to... Read more »
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