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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. 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 ...

5. Breast surgery - Wikipedia

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   There is preliminary evidence suggesting that negative-pressure wound therapy may be useful in healing complicated breast wounds resulting from surgery. [10] Postoperative pain is common following breast surgery. The incidence of poorly controlled acute postoperative pain following breast cancer surgery ranges between 14.0% to 54.1%. [11]

6. Health Matters Breast Cancer Awareness Area hospitals going ...

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   Oct. 2—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — In most cases, a cancer patient getting breast conservation surgery, known as a lumpectomy, would have to come in early on the day of their surgery for a localization ...

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. Mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer. [1] [2] In some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer choose to have the operation as a preventive measure. [1]

9. Katie Thurston Opens Up About Undergoing a Lumpectomy ... - AOL

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   Taking her health into her own hands. Katie Thurston revealed that she had a cancer scare when she was just 20 years old, which led to a lumpectomy operation. Katie and 'Bachelorette’ Cast ...