breast-conserving surgery

An operation to remove the breast cancer while removing as little of the breast as possible

Types Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, segmental mastectomy

breast-conserving surgery

Surgical oncology An operation to remove the breast CA but not the breast Types Lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, segmental mastectomy. See Breast reconstruction, Lumpectomy, Quadrantectomy, Segmental mastectomy.

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Weber of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, noted that most women with breast cancer can be treated with breast-conserving surgery (N.

Ca Risk Lower After Prophylactic Mastectomy

In the pre-operative study comparing Femara to tamoxifen, after four months of therapy, more women in the Femara group were eligible for breast-conserving surgery than in the tamoxifen group (45% versus 35%).

Data From Novartis FDA Submission for First-Line Indication for Femara(R) (Letrozole Tablets) Presented at Major Breast Cancer Symposium: Results Challenge Tamoxifen

Ninety percent of treated women in most series rate their cosmetic outcome following conventional breast-conserving surgery as good to excellent.

Ablation or Excision? (Guest Editorial)

effects of reconstruction, breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy.

Helping Breast Cancer Survivors Look Ahead at Life

It results in local control of the malignancy in 95% of cases, and 90% of treated women in most series rate their cosmetic outcome as good to excellent after breast-conserving surgery.

Ablation or excision? (Guest Editorial)

Body image scores were the same as in a group of age-matched patients treated with breast-conserving surgery with standard wide excision for smaller tumors and significantly better than a third group that underwent mastectomy.

Large Breast Cancers may be eligible for Conserving Surgery. (Hormone Therapy, Two-Stage Miniflap)

Kuske prefers to do brachytherapy 4-5 weeks following breast-conserving surgery to avoid any radiation-induced wound-healing abnormalities.

Breast Cancer Brachytherapy cuts irradiation to 4-5 days. (Less Cost, More Convenience for Patient)

Local recurrences were significantly more common among the women with the breast-conserving surgery compared to mastectomy patients ("crude cumulative incidence" of 8.

No survival advantage for mastectomy after 20 years. (More than 2,500 Women Studied)

CHICAGO -- Follow-up to a National Cancer Institute trial indicates a modified radical mastectomy is no better for women with phase I or II cancer than breast-conserving surgery

More data support breast-conserving surgery. (Phase I or II Cancer)

Current medical practice is for patients having breast-conserving surgery to attend up to six weeks of external beam radiation therapy using a linear accelerator.

Photoelectron Announces First US Center to Participate In International Breast Cancer Trial Utilizing INTRABEAM(TM)

Early treatment options such as breast-conserving surgery often are less invasive or less rigorous, resulting in better quality of life for women and their families.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Says Monthly Breast Self- Examination Remains an Essential Tool in Early Detection, Despite Recent Study Findings

Long-term survival rates in women who have undergone breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy for early-stage disease are similar to those of women who have undergone mastectomies.

No survival advantage for mastectomy after 20 years. (More than 2,500 Women Studied)