Research News on Mastectomy
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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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Some Women Having Mastectomy Opt for Nipple Banking, but Have More Complications
A small Dutch study has found that some women having mastectomy may want to bank their nipple so it can be attached later to their reconstructed breast.
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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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Docs Need to Consider Quality of Life When Assessing Lymphedema
A study strongly suggests that considering a person's quality of life as well as reducing swelling is very important to managing lymphedema.
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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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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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Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy as Good as Mastectomy for Younger Women
Research shows that young women who had lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy were no more likely to have the breast cancer come back and just as likely to survive breast cancer as young women who had mastectomy.
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Survey: Women Happy with Prophylactic Mastectomy Choice 20 Years Later
Two surveys show that about 90% of women who decide to have contralateral prophylactic mastectomy are satisfied with their decision and would make the same decision again.
