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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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FDA Advisory Panel Approves MarginProbe System
An FDA expert panel voted to approve the MarginProbe system - a device that helps surgeons decide if all the cancer tissue has been removed during lumpectomy.
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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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Cryoablation May Make Sense for Small, Isolated Metastatic Breast Cancer Tumors
A very small study suggests that cryoablation to treat metastatic breast cancer in the liver, kidneys, lungs, and other soft tissues is safe and may be a cost-effective way to manage the disease.
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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.
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Removing Breast Tumor May Improve Survival When Metastatic Disease is First Diagnosis
A small study has found that women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (with no previous history of early-stage breast cancer) who had surgery to remove the primary tumor in the breast lived longer after diagnosis than women who didn't have the primary tumor removed.
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Preventively Removing Ovaries May Reduce Bone Density
Research suggests that premenopausal women who have preventive oophorectomy to reduce breast cancer risk may be more likely to have low bone mineral density and arthritis.
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“Personality” of Cancer Affects Recurrence Risk After Lumpectomy, Not When Chemo is Given
A study has found that cancer characteristics, not the timing of chemotherapy, affect the risk of recurrence in women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer who had lumpectomy.
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No Difference in Prognosis with Sentinel Node Biopsy Versus Axillary Node Biopsy
Research shows that women who had sentinel node biopsy did just as well as women who had axillary node biopsy, even though small clusters of breast cancer cells may have been in the axillary lymph nodes of the women who had sentinel node biopsy.
