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Good-to-excellent cosmetic outcomes 30 of 94 patients enrolled have now reached 24 months of follow-up High surgeon ...

As many as 40% of lumpectomies leave positive margins that necessitate a second surgery, but a novel fluorescent imaging agent used along with a direct visualization system may improve complete ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover cancer science, treatments and attitudes. This is a common and costly problem: This year, most of 290,000 U.S. people, ...

It is well established that breast conservation, which involves the removal of a breast cancer along with a small rim of normal breast tissue around it and is followed by radiation therapy, is at ...

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 ...

Many patients undergoing lumpectomy surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center for the removal of an early detected breast tumor - the surgical option of choice for this diagnosis -- are benefitting from ...

Breast cancers that arise before age 40 tend to be more aggressive. But young women who undergo "breast-conserving" surgery are just as likely to survive as those who have a mastectomy, a preliminary ...

Reporting the distance from the edge of the tumor to the edge of the surgical specimen (“margin width”) at the time of lumpectomy has become a frequently reported quality metric in breast cancer care.

Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD TNBC is a type of invasive breast cancer that doesn’t have hormone receptors or HER2 ...

If youve been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first decisions you may face is which type of surgery to have. The decision can feel overwhelming, but if your surgeon is offering you a ...