Dr. Silverstein answers: 'What If More Cancer is Found During Lumpectomy?' — -- Question: What will the surgeon do if more cancer is evident during lumpectomy surgery? Answer: If more cancer is ...
A variety of patient, treatment, and pathologic factors have been reported to be associated with an increased risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after breast conservation therapy (BCT) for ...
When Kate Delp was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer, she faced a decision: Should she have a lumpectomy or a mastectomy? “From what I’d heard about mastectomy, I knew that it was a very invasive ...
Lumpectomy is the gold standard for breast cancer surgery, says Kirstyn E. Brownson, MD, a surgical breast oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute. We asked Dr. Brownson to explain what a lumpectomy ...
Dr. Melvin Silverstein answers the question: 'Cancer diagnosis after implants?' — -- Question: Can I have a lumpectomy if I had a breast implant before my cancer diagnosis? Answer: If a patient ...
The FDA approved pegulicianine (LumiSight) as an optical imaging agent for detecting residual cancer after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The approval stipulates use of pegulicianine with the ...
Each year more than 200,000 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, the most common kind, must make myriad treatment decisions. Among them: whether to have a mastectomy or breast-conserving ...
I got the call two days before Christmas 2020, and a couple of weeks before my 37th birthday. “Ms. Hughes, your biopsy came back positive and your diagnosis is invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC).” The ...
A new U.S. study examining survival rates for women with early stage breast cancer found that surgery such as lumpectomy that preserves the rest of the breast may offer survival odds as good as, or ...
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