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2. Lumpectomy - Wikipedia

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   A lumpectomy is a surgery to remove a breast tumor along with a resection margin of normal breast tissue. The margin is the healthy, noncancerous tissue that is next to the tumor. A pathologist analyzes the margin excised by the lumpectomy to detect any possible cancer cells.

3. Breast-conserving surgery - Wikipedia

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   Breast-conserving surgery refers to an operation that aims to remove breast cancer while avoiding a mastectomy. [1] Different forms of this operation include: lumpectomy (tylectomy), wide local excision, segmental resection, and quadrantectomy.

4. Mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Prophylactic mastectomy: This procedure is used as a preventive measure against breast cancer. The surgery is aimed to remove all breast tissue that could potentially develop into breast cancer. The surgery is generally considered when a woman has BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations. The tissue from just beneath the skin to the chest wall and ...

5. Katie Couric Breast Cancer Surgery Was Lumpectomy To ... - AOL

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   What to know about breast-conserving surgery. After Katie Couric was diagnosed with breast cancer, she chose a lumpectomy, not a mastectomy, as her treatment. What to know about breast-conserving ...

6. More breast cancer patients can choose smaller surgery - AOL

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   Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests. In recent years, more patients with multiple ...

7. New lumpectomy technique puts breast cancer patients ... - AOL

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   Sep. 2—MITCHELL, S.D. — It was this past May when Sister Marita Pfau first noticed an unusual indentation on her breast during a self-exam. "I happen to notice that in the mirror, whether I ...

8. Breast surgery - Wikipedia

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   Breast augmentation; Breast reduction; Breast-conserving surgery, a less radical cancer surgery than mastectomy; Lumpectomy; Mastectomy; Mastopexy, or breast lift surgery; Microdochectomy (removal of a lactiferous duct) [1] Surgery for breast abscess, including incision and drainage as well as excision of lactiferous ducts; Surgical breast biopsy

9. Danielle Fishel Details ‘Successful’ Surgery After Breast ...

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   Danielle Fishel is sharing a positive update after revealing her breast cancer diagnosis. The Boy Meets World alum, 43, underwent two lumpectomy surgeries and was informed that the procedures ...