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Insurance Influences Type of Surgery Women Get for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
The type of insurance a woman has affects what type of surgery she has to treat early-stage breast cancer.
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Young Women Should Have Surgery Within 6 Weeks Of Diagnosis
A study has found that young women who wait longer than 6 weeks to have breast cancer surgery have worse survival than young women who have surgery earlier.
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Research Suggests Lumpectomy Plus Radiation Leads to Better Survival for Early-Stage Breast Cancer but Questions Remain
A study suggests that in the real world, women diagnosed with stage I or stage II breast cancer who have lumpectomy followed by radiation have better survival rates than women who have mastectomy.
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Fear Pushes Many Women to Choose Double Mastectomy
Fear, not actual risk, drives many women to have double mastectomy.
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MRI Before Surgery Doesn’t Reduce Need for More Surgery Later On
A study suggests that having an MRI before initial breast cancer surgery doesn’t reduce the likelihood that a woman would need more breast cancer surgery later.
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Survey Says Women Want to See Reconstruction Results Before Breast Cancer Surgery
Survey results reveal that 89% of U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer want to see what reconstruction results would look like before starting treatment.
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About 20% of Women Need More Surgery After Lumpectomy
A British study has found that about 20% of women who have lumpectomy have to have more surgery once their doctors have all the information about the cancer and breast tissue that was removed.
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Most Women Need More Tests After Lumpectomy for DCIS
Most women who have lumpectomy to remove DCIS need more procedures -- diagnostic mammograms and/or biopsies -- on the same breast in the 10 years after lumpectomy.
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Controversial Study Suggests Large Margins Reduce Recurrence Risk
Findings from a controversial study suggest that women who have lumpectomy to remove DCIS are less likely to have cancer come back in the same breast when at least 10 mm. of cancer-free tissue around the DCIS is removed during surgery.
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About 25% of Women Need More Surgery After Lumpectomy
A study found that nearly 25% of women who had lumpectomy had to have more surgery after the pathology report was available.
