“You know that phrase, ‘third time’s the charm?’ ” Marilene Nevins asks. Well, not always. In 1997, a suspicious mass was found in Nevins’ right breast. “I nicknamed that one Mickey,” she says. “You ...

A lumpectomy is a surgical procedure that removes cancer from the breast. Unlike a mastectomy — which removes the entire breast — a lumpectomy removes just the area of the breast where there is cancer ...