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 ...

I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the ...

“You know that phrase, ‘third time’s the charm?’ ” Marilene Nevins asks. Well, not always. In 1997, a suspicious mass was found in Nevins’ right breast. “I nicknamed that one Mickey,” she says. “You ...

The associate director for surgery at the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai, Christina Weltz is a surgeon who specializes in malignant and benign breast issues. She does about 150 breast cancer ...

I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the removal of 14 lymph nodes. I still have difficulty raising my left arm, ...

There are a number of options for women when they learn they have breast cancer in its earliest stages, when the tumor is relatively small and has not yet spread. Each option is similarly effective ...

Breast cancer is always a difficult, stressful diagnosis. Breast cancer almost always requires surgery, ranging from mastectomy (removal of the entire breast) or lumpectomy (removal of the cancer and ...

U.S. women with early breast cancer are increasingly opting to have their entire breast removed and then reconstructed, but a new Houston study has found the treatment carries a significantly higher ...

Breast MRI detected a total of 124 additional suspicious areas in 73 patients. "Breast MRI altered the surgical management of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in 36 (23.2 percent) of 155 ...

For the first time, major health organizations have agreed upon standards clarifying which breast cancer patients should be offered the option of lumpectomy and radiation therapy as an alternative to ...

Have you had a tonsillectomy (your tonsils taken out), appendectomy (your appendix removed) or lumpectomy (removal of a lump from your breast)? The suffix “ectomy” denotes surgical removal of the ...