... Lumpectomy removes only the breast lump and a surrounding margin of normal tissue. Radiation therapy is usually given after a lumpectomy. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-treating-surgery
Women with breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) may not have realistic expectations of what their breasts will ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/cosmetic-results-of-lumpectomy-impact-quality-of-life
... Press Releases. Press Releases. Racial Disparities Exist In Follow-Up Care after Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer. Atlanta ...
http://pressroom.cancer.org/index.php?s=43&item=211
... the medical records from almost 93,000 breast cancer patients who were diagnosed between 2003 and 2007 and had lumpectomy surgery. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/study-compares-different-types-of-radiation-for-breast-cancer
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/study-compares-different-types-of-radiation-for-breast-cancer
... Jarred from thinking about names for the child, the expectant mother learns new cancer terms: lumpectomy, mastectomy, and drug names of ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/survivorshipduringandaftertreatment/storiesofhope/expectant-mothers-with-unexpected-breast-cancer
... This method is also called lumpectomy, segmental excision, limited breast surgery, or partial or segmental mastectomy. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/moreinformation/breastreconstructionaftermastectomy/breast-reconstruction-after-mastectomy-glossary
... radical mastectomy can be traced all the way back to Lorenz Heister, a German who wrote about his ideas for mastectomy and lumpectomy in his ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerbasics/thehistoryofcancer/the-history-of-cancer-cancer-treatment-surgery
... N1mi). Local therapy: Stage I cancers can be treated with either BCS (lumpectomy, partial mastectomy) or mastectomy. ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-treating-by-stage
... Lumpectomy: This surgery removes only the breast lump and some normal tissue around it. Partial (segmental) mastectomy ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-treating-surgery
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