Sentences with phrase «as lumpectomy»
«Currently, approximately 1 in 5 women who undergo breast - conserving surgery, also known as lumpectomy, require repeat surgery due to inadequate excision of the tumor during the initial surgical procedure,» explains Arnie D. Purushotham, MD, professor at King's College London, UK.
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It's definitely possible to make a full, healthy supply of breast milk with breast implants or after a minor breast surgery such as a lumpectomy.
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Just as with a lumpectomy, this is a minor breast surgery and generally does not affect the ability to breastfeed, unless the incision is near the areola and nipple.
They analyzed bacterial DNA found in breast tissue samples from 58 women who were undergoing lumpectomies or mastectomies for either benign or cancerous tumors, as well as from 23 healthy women who had undergone breast reductions or enhancements.
Dr Jeremy Thomas, a consultant pathologist at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK, told the European Breast Cancer Conference that although the majority of women with DCIS received the correct surgery for their disease, large numbers of women were undergoing mastectomy for DCIS either as a result of failed breast conservation surgery or for tumors that turned out to be smaller than 20 mm in diameter and therefore should normally have had a lumpectomy rather than a mastectomy.
The total number of women who had mastectomies, including those for whom mastectomy was the first course of action as well as those who had failed breast conservation, was 2,479; of these, 510 (21 %) had mastectomies for tumors smaller than 20 mm in diameter, which would normally have been better treated with a lumpectomy.
All tests came back clear and based on this information; it was recommended that I have a lumpectomy and radiation treatment as soon as possible.
Simply excising a small lump (lumpectomy) may complicate efforts to define the original site in the event sarcoma is diagnosed and the owner delays definitive treatment as the incision heals and hair regrows.