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  1. Diagnosed With Breast Cancer? Always Get a Second Opinion, Experts Say

    Tue, 5 Mar 2013

    specialized breast pathologists and surgeons. After Judy Valencia's diagnosis, she said she was told she had two choices: A lumpectomy to remove the cancerous portion or a mastectomy to remove her entire breast. Panicked because of her family history, she

  2. Breast Cancer Patients Opting for Lumpectomy or Partial Mastectomy Might Need 2nd Surgery, Says Study

    Thu, 12 Jul 2012

    Breast-conserving surgery, including lumpectomy and partial mastectomy, is a less radical would not recommend mastectomy over lumpectomy or partial mastectomy. "The breast different between women who undergo lumpectomy followed by radiation versus women who

  3. Breast Cancer Survivor Allowed to Swim Topless at Seattle Pool

    Thu, 21 Jun 2012

    found a lump in her right breast during a self-exam. Although her surgeon told her the lump was small enough to have a lumpectomy , Jaecks chose to have a double mastectomy without reconstructive surgery. "I'm not neurotic but I knew that I would worry

  4. Title IX: 40 Years in the Making

    Tue, 19 Jun 2012

    medical school the standard treatment for breast cancer was mastectomy, she said. Only after more women joined the field did lumpectomy become more the norm; jokingly she put this treatment of women with breast cancer in a focus men could understand, saying

  5. Brachytherapy: Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment Comes With Risks

    Tue, 1 May 2012

    studied the Medicare records of more than 92,000 women age 67 and older whose invasive breast cancer had been treated with a lumpectomy and a subsequent course of radiation. Of those women, almost 86,000 received whole-breast irradiation and nearly 7

  6. Pregnant With Breast Cancer: Tough Choices, New Hope

    Thu, 9 Feb 2012

    didn't want to risk it," Leiva said, explaining her decision to opt for the radical 13-hour surgery over the less invasive lumpectomy . "These babies need to have their mother for a long time." After the surgery, she had six more rounds of chemo and seven

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  1. Re-Operation Rates Vary Among Breast Cancer Surgery Patients

    Tue, 31 Jan 2012

    from among surgeons and hospitals, researchers found. Breast conservation surgery is one of the most common cancer surgeries performed in two-thirds of breast cancer patients will undergo a lumpectomy and about one-quarter will undergo a second operation

  2. Reporter Uncovers Cancer Diagnosis,Turns Lens on Self

    Tue, 10 Jan 2012

    Nickles announced her diagnosis on her Facebook wall January 5, and told her followers that she had already undergone a lumpectomy and plans to soon begin chemotherapy and radiation. "I'm sharing to encourage more of you to get your screenings!" Nickles

  3. Giuliana Rancic’s Surgery Successful, Husband Says

    Wed, 14 Dec 2011

    Later that week, she had a double lumpectomy . But the couple found out that the early-stage breast cancer, having a lumpectomy with radiation is equally as effective chance of getting it back. With another lumpectomy , radiation and medication, I could

  4. E! TV’s Giuliana Rancic to Undergo Double Mastectomy

    Mon, 5 Dec 2011

    breast cancer in October and had a double lumpectomy later that month. But her husband, Bill If I had chosen to just do another lumpectomy and then do radiation and then do anti-estrogen chance of getting it back. With another lumpectomy , radiation and medication, I could have

  5. Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Saves Lives and External Breast

    Wed, 26 Oct 2011

    treatment options. She could choose a lumpectomy , but she wasn't willing to take the Surgery found that some women who need a lumpectomy or mastectomy have another safe option breast cancer is usually treated with a lumpectomy and has an excellent prognosis when

  6. Radiation After Lumpectomy Improves Survival, Saves Breasts

    Wed, 19 Oct 2011

    Radiation therapy after a lumpectomy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence the effects of radiation after a lumpectomy . The research, done by the Early finding that radiation following lumpectomy is effective isn't new, the study

  7. Guiliana Rancic: Fertility Treaments and Breast Cancer

    Mon, 17 Oct 2011

    having caught the cancer at an early stage. "I will be OK, because I found it early," she said. She will undergo a lumpectomy later this week, followed by six weeks of radiation therapy. "We are grateful that thanks to early detection, Giuliana

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  1. What Is Breast Conservation Surgery ?

    Mon, 17 Sep 2007

    Breast conservation surgery quite simply is treatment for breast cancer without the loss considered breast conservation treatment in general this means a lumpectomy partial mastectomy. And most often this is followed by radiation

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    Breast conservation surgery quite simply is treatment for breast cancer without the loss of the breast. Any treatment that does not involve removal of breast or mastectomy. Would be considered breast conservation treatment in general this means a lumpectomy -- partial mastectomy. And most often this is followed by radiation treatment to the -- Usually with a very good to excellent
  2. Mastectomy vs. Breast Conservation Surgery ?

    Thu, 27 Sep 2007

    long term follow up and women who had a lumpectomy as it is for women who have had mastectomy. The advantage of the lumpectomy is the woman gets to keep her breast it's reconstruction. which would not be required for a lumpectomy .

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    the same in long term follow up and women who had a lumpectomy as it is for women who have had mastectomy. The advantage of the lumpectomy is the woman gets to keep her breast it's -- more natural -- medical. However it does require the use of radiation which often will last about six weeks. The mastectomy gets the same survival and for many women does not requirement radiation afterward. However the woman has to deal with the loss of her breast and has to be there where prosthesis. Or perhaps go through -- reconstruction. -- which would not be required for a lumpectomy .
  3. Will I Need Reconstruction If I Have a Lumpectomy ?

    Mon, 17 Sep 2007

    be necessary after what's called a lumpectomy . Numbers the removal. Of the lump has called breast conservation. If a lumpectomy were so large. That it needed to be medical aspects. a poorly conceived lumpectomy just of the analysts say one had a lumpectomy

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    -- operations and reconstruction should never be necessary after what's called a lumpectomy . Numbers the removal. Of the lump in the breast -- tumor in her breast and then. Radiating their breast that's the combination of things has called breast conservation. If a lumpectomy were so large. That it needed to be accompanied by reconstruction. Than probably that patients should have had a mastectomy. A well done mastectomy. With a well done reconstruction. Is infinitely better both cosmetically and from the medical aspects. -- a poorly conceived lumpectomy just of the analysts say one had a lumpectomy .
  4. What If More Cancer is Found During Lumpectomy ?

    Mon, 17 Sep 2007

    If more cancer is found during a lumpectomy . And all the patient has agreed to is a that to me. The surgeon do either breast preserving procedure which would require a lumpectomy . Or mastectomy which would is a large procedure. to go to

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    If more cancer is found during a lumpectomy . And all the patient has agreed to is a -- that to me. The surgeon may try to. Increased the margins by
    you want to do either breast preserving procedure which would require a lumpectomy . Or mastectomy which would is a large procedure. -- to go to the operating room and do that procedure. If you do
  5. What Is A Lumpectomy ?

    Mon, 17 Sep 2007

    A lumpectomy is really generic term and it means removal of the law. Now nowadays. He stated the art is finding tumors before. We use a variety

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    A lumpectomy is really -- generic term and it means removal of the law. Now nowadays. He stated the art is finding tumors before.
  6. Is It Normal to Have More Than One Lumpectomy ?

    Mon, 17 Sep 2007

    As a general rule we try to do one lumpectomy do with the first time do it correctly and never have to do it again. But unfortunately under the microscope we may discover that

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    As a general rule we try to do one lumpectomy do with the first time do it correctly and never have to do it again. But unfortunately under the microscope we may
  7. The Misdiagnosis of Breast Cancer

    Thu, 7 Mar 2013

    year could be misdiagnosed. Which brings us back to Judy Valencia. After her diagnosis she was told she had two choices a lumpectomy to removed a cancerous portion. Wore a mastectomy to remove her entire breast. Panic because of her family history Judy

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    Valencia. After her diagnosis she was told she had two choices a lumpectomy to removed a cancerous portion. Wore a mastectomy to remove her entire breast. Panic because of her family history Judy chose the
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  1. VIDEO: Doctors discuss the benefits of radiation therapy following a lumpectomy.
  2. PHOTO: New study found that lumpectomy followed by radiatoin improves breast cancer survival and lowers recurrence risk.
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