A lumpectomy removes only the tumor and a small portion of the breast. A mastectomy removes all of the breast tissue, and possibly the skin, nipple, and areola, on one or both breasts. Following ...

A breast cancer diagnosis often arrives as a profound turning point, bringing uncertainty and complex emotions. While the ...

Surgeons also began studying lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy as an option to radical mastectomy. Among those visionary breast cancer researchers: Bernard Fisher, MD, director of the ...

You may need surgery to remove the cancer, like a lumpectomy or mastectomy, along with one or more other therapies. Chemotherapy drugs work by killing fast-growing cancer cells anywhere in your body.

Dr. Vijayakumar Narayanan, an oncologist at Mp Shah Hospital's Cancer Care Unit, recommended for Jenipher to undergo either a single radical mastectomy or a lumpectomy. "Radical mastectomy means ...

Patients with localized breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy generally also receive radiotherapy to prevent local recurrence. Because tamoxifen also reduces the incidence of local recurrence ...