Surgery (lumpectomy, mastectomy, etc.) Breast cancer prevention is achieved by maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle to include a proper diet, moderate exercise, and avoiding known carcinogens such as tobacco and excess radiation. If you have a family history of breast cancer, consider being te...
Surgery.After receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, it is important to undergotreatmentas soon as possible to ensure the best outcome. Your treatment usually involves surgery to remove the affected breast tissue. Before surgery, your doctor may recommendchemotherapy or radiationto shrink the tumor and...
After her diagnosis, Peled committed to running her way through radiation treatments, even on the days she felt fatigued. But as she soon learned, the fatigue wasn’t her biggest obstacle to running—her bra was. “Normal sports bras aren’t made for women who’ve had really any kind of...
Surgeries likelumpectomy,mastectomy, lymph node removal, andbreast reconstruction Radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors Chemotherapy drugs to attack cancer cells Hormonetherapies to stop tumors from growing Targeted therapiesthat go after cancer cells with less impact on healthy cells than chem...
I had my first lumpectomy for breast cancer on Valentine’s Day, less than ten days after my initial diagnosis. When I met with my surgeon, Dr. M., she showed me the x-ray of my tumor, and it was not what I expected. Instead of a round mass, which is what I always th...
I met with an amazing breast surgeon who recommended a lumpectomy. She diagnosed me as stage 2 estrogen positive breast cancer. On June 28th, I had my lumpectomy done and a sentinel node biopsy. That following week, I received the call from my surgeon informing me the cancer had started ...