These are other things that make a lumpectomy the right choice for you: The tumor is small compared to the size of the breast. The tumor is in 1 area of the breast. You can get radiation treatments ...

By six months after surgery, sexual well-being among lumpectomy patients had increased to 66 and remained around that level for at least five years, results show. The average score among ...

Management: Lumpectomy, sentinel lymph-node biopsy and ... At the last follow-up, 27 months after completing radiation treatment, her breast examination is unremarkable, with the area of the ...

Results from both of these studies show that radiation therapy reduces risk for local recurrence of breast cancer after lumpectomy, even in patients who receive adjuvant tamoxifen. However ...

A recent study highlights that lumpectomy, as opposed to mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction, can lead to better sexual well-being for breast cancer patients. Learn more: ...