Surgery may offer survival advantage in certain metastatic breast cancers
Surgery, in addition to treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy, may increase the length of…
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SABCS 2018: Choice of surgery may affect quality of life for young breast cancer survivors
Even as more young women with breast cancer opt to have mastectomies, many experience a…
Mouse study links early metastasis to systemic inflammation caused by wound healing
According to new research conducted in mice by Whitehead Institute scientists, surgery in breast cancer…
Machine learning identifies breast lesions likely to become cancer
A machine learning tool can help identify which high-risk breast lesions are likely to become…
Study finds double mastectomy tied to more work absences
Women who pursue a more aggressive surgery for early stage breast cancer have nearly eight…
Some women may benefit from delaying breast reconstruction following mastectomy
Some patients with a combination of risk factors, such as being obese and having diabetes…
Microscope can scan tumours during surgery and examine cancer biopsies in 3-D
When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, surgeons try to remove all the cancerous…
When the doctor recommends against the surgery a breast cancer patient wants
More women with breast cancer are electing to have both breasts removed, even when cancer…
ECCO 2017: Breast conserving may be benefit some early breast cancer patients over mastectomy
Breast conserving therapy (BCT, breast conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy) is superior to mastectomy…
SABCS 2016: More complications for breast cancer patients who get radiation, implants
Many breast cancer patients who have a mastectomy will consider breast reconstruction. But for a…