Choosing between a mastectomy and a lumpectomy? Learn the differences in survival rates, recovery times, and common misconceptions to find the right breast cancer surgery for you.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your doctor should explain in detail the approach he or she takes when performing a lumpectomy, but the process for removing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each year more than 200,000 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, the most common kind, must make myriad treatment ...

Investigators assessed whether a concurrent radiation boost during whole breast irradiation is noninferior to sequenential boost for safety, cosmesis, and ipsilateral recurrence for patients with high ...

Strenuous weight training after breast cancer surgery is not only safe but also improves women’s strength, mobility, and balance, a study of one program finds.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Younger women with nonmetastatic breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery experienced similar OS as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover cancer science, treatments and attitudes. This is a common and costly problem: This year, most of 290,000 U.S. people, ...

The percentage of women with early stage breast cancer who choose to have the breast-conserving surgery known as lumpectomy has risen slowly in recent years, new research shows. In 1998, slightly more ...

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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 ...