During a lumpectomy, "we take out the cancerous tissue plus a perimeter of healthy cells. This surgery preserves the breast, and is often followed by radiation therapy" to prevent the cancer from ...

In making the lumpectomy versus mastectomy decision, family history and genetics also can play a part, notes Dr. Michael Anderson, a radiation oncologist with Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada.

If you do a lumpectomy and more cancer is found, then additional tissue needs to be removed if you want to continue to preserve that breast. Next: Is It Normal to Have More Than One Lumpectomy?

Sep. 2—MITCHELL, S.D. — It was this past May when Sister Marita Pfau first noticed an unusual indentation on her breast during a self-exam. "I happen to notice that in the mirror, whether I ...

(CBS News) Women diagnosed with breast cancer can face a tough decision: whether to have a mastectomy or lumpectomy. A new study out Monday by researchers at Duke Medicine says patients with early ...

There are medically valid reasons for patients to choose mastectomy over lumpectomy. These include large tumors, multiple areas of cancer in the breast and genetic mutations such as BRCA1 and ...

A few years ago, I was nearly shocked to read that nearly 1 in 4 women who choose lumpectomy for breast cancer wind up having a second operation. A significant number go on for a third surgery. In ...

Avenda Health Inc. has taken a page out of the breast cancer book with a new technology that offers very localized treatment of prostate tumors in a procedure the company refers to as a prostate ...