Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Katie Couric was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer, one of the first questions swirling in her head was whether she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If youve been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first decisions you may face is which type of surgery to have. The ...

Overall survival and breast cancer–specific survival were consistently better for women with early breast cancer who were treated with breast conservation surgery (BCS) followed by radiotherapy (RT) ...

Breast cancers that arise before age 40 tend to be more aggressive. But young women who undergo "breast-conserving" surgery are just as likely to survive as those who have a mastectomy, a preliminary ...

Women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer may have similar recurrence-free outcomes with a lumpectomy as one might encounter with a mastectomy, opening the door for more surgical treatment options ...

Women diagnosed with breast cancer are almost immediately confronted with treatment decisions. If a surgical oncologist gave a choice between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy to remove a tumor, that's ...

As many as 40% of lumpectomies leave positive margins that necessitate a second surgery, but a novel fluorescent imaging agent used along with a direct visualization system may improve complete ...

THEN TO. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US AS A WOMAN TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHIN HERSELF. WHEN ARVIN RAWLINGS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND FOUND OUT SHE NEEDED SURGERY, SHE WORRIED HOW IT WOULD MAKE HER ...

The FDA approved pegulicianine (LumiSight) as an optical imaging agent for detecting residual cancer after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The approval stipulates use of pegulicianine with the ...

Many patients undergoing lumpectomy surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center for the removal of an early detected breast tumor - the surgical option of choice for this diagnosis -- are benefitting from ...

If youve been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first decisions you may face is which type of surgery to have. The decision can feel overwhelming, but if your surgeon is offering you a ...