Credit: CC0 Public Domain Approximately 10% of breast cancer patients treated with lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery [BCS]) and whole-breast radiation (WBI) will have a subsequent in-breast local recurrence of cancer (IBTR) when followed long term. The surgical standard of care has been t...
Breast Cancer Survival Better After Lumpectomy Than MastectomymntCancer
I just had a lumpectomy for the breast cancer that was discovered in my breast in late June. As surgeries go, I suspect it wasn’t the worst it could be, but the experience was worse than some of the other surgeries I’ve had. (Specifically, it was worse than the bunion surgery and...
Chicago—As the era of personalized medicine unfolds, data-driven therapeutic options for use of radiation therapy in women with breast cancer are
Additional therapies decrease the risk of cancer returning or spreading. Radiation therapy usually is recommended after a lumpectomy to destroy any cancer cells left behind and to prevent the cancer from returning.The need for chemotherapy depends on how much the cancer has spread and the molecular...
After beating breast cancer, Alison Habbal, 37, knew exactly what she wanted to do: get her first tattoo. The Sydney, Australia, mom and designer was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, at the young age of 36. In October 2015, she had a successful lumpec...
PURPOSE: Procedure (mastectomy v lumpectomy) and choice of procedure were examined as predictors of adjustment to breast cancer in a prospective study of the experiences of the first year after surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Breast cance... C Pozo,CS Carver,V Noriega,... - 《Journal of Clin...
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