Dr. Silverstein answers: 'What If More Cancer is Found During Lumpectomy?' — -- Question: What will the surgeon do if more cancer is evident during lumpectomy surgery? Answer: If more cancer is ...

Letrozole, a new oral aromatase inhibitor for advanced breast cancer: double-blind randomized trial showing a dose effect and improved efficacy and tolerability compared with megestrol acetate. In ...

For those with localized breast cancer, surgical options may include either lumpectomy or mastectomy, and patients have free rein about which to choose. Star Mackenzie Burruto had just gotten off the ...

Many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer face the difficult decision of whether to have a lumpectomy with radiation or a mastectomy with reconstruction. With the availability of study results ...

Independent investigators from the University of Pisa presented new data at the 2026 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) Ultrasound follow-up documented predictable scaffold bioresorption and ...

There are more than 23,000 breast cancer operations every year in Britain. Here, Michelle Hill, 31, who lives with her partner, Cliff, and son Caleb in Swanley, Kent, and works for a London investment ...

After Katie Couric was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer, one of the first questions swirling in her head was whether she would need a mastectomy — or surgery to remove the entire breast. But ...

If you or someone you love is facing a breast cancer diagnosis, MSK experts can help. If you want to learn about surgeries to treat breast cancer, this is a place to start. We’ll explain surgeries ...

For many breast cancer patients who undergo mastectomy or lumpectomy, pain persists for weeks after the surgery. But for between 20 and 30 percent of those patients, the pain never goes away. In ...

Lumpectomy is the gold standard for breast cancer surgery, says Kirstyn E. Brownson, MD, a surgical breast oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute. We asked Dr. Brownson to explain what a lumpectomy ...

A new U.S. study examining survival rates for women with early stage breast cancer found that surgery such as lumpectomy that preserves the rest of the breast may offer survival odds as good as, or ...