Breast Reconstruction After Lumpectomy After a lumpectomy, the last thing you want is yet another major surgery. With our procedure you will not be cut open again. If you’ve had a lumpectomy, a wedge resection or a quadrantectomy, we can reconstruct your breast with no incisions and no...
Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer. (Figure 2: Chemotherapy) mastectomy Br[mæ'stektəmɪ]Am[mæ'stɛktəmi] 乳房切除术 A mastectomy is a surgical ope...
4 late treatment adverse event. "This is exciting data for women experiencing an IBTR after an initial lumpectomy and WBI who want to preserve their breast. Our study suggests that breast-conserving treatment may be a viable alternative to mastectomy," stated Douglas Arthur, MD, the Principle ...
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...
Mastectomy options for the treatment of ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence after lumpectomyIpsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR)MastectomySecond recurrenceNipple sparing mastectomySkin sparing mastectomyReconstructionBreast cancer recurrenceBreast conserving surgery (BCS)...
Reanalysis and results after 12 years of follow-up in a randomized clinical trial comparing total mastectomy with lumpectomy with or without irradiation in the treatment of breast cancer [J]. N Engl J Med, 1995; 333(22): 1456-1461. 13. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project ...
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Quality of life and sexual functioning in young women with early-stage breast cancer 1 year after lumpectomy. Psychooncology. 2013; 22:1242-8Safarinejad MR, Shafiei N, Safarinejad S. Quality of life and sex- ual functioning in young women with early-stage breast cancer 1 year after lumpec...
If the tumor is large and, after the lumpectomy, very little breast tissue would remain If she does not want to undergo radiation therapy after the surgery If she believes she will have less anxiety about a recurrence of breast cancer with a mastectomy...
Forty-six patients who underwent modified radical mastectomy were compared 14 months after surgery with 21 patients who underwent lumpectomy and radiation; all patients had stage I or II breast cancer. Lumpectomy patients reported less of a loss of feelings of attractiveness and femininity, were les...