Recent Advances

Three advances in breast cancer surgery today

• You will be much more involved in the decision-making process than you would have been in the past.
  
  
  
  
• Because of improved diagnostic techniques, your disease is more likely to be picked up at an earlier stage. This increases your chance of cure, and also increases your options for surgery.
  
  
  
  
• Improved surgical techniques allow for better arm function after surgery, less suffering, and—even more important—better cosmetic results without compromising survival rates.