“You know that phrase, ‘third time’s the charm?’ ” Marilene Nevins asks. Well, not always. In 1997, a suspicious mass was found in Nevins’ right breast. “I nicknamed that one Mickey,” she says. “You ...

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.

A double mastectomy is a surgical procedure involving the removal of both breasts, often employed to treat or prevent breast cancer in individuals at high risk of the disease. However, recent research ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. A new U.S. study examining survival rates for women with early stage breast cancer found that surgery such as lumpectomy that preserves ...

The associate director for surgery at the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai, Christina Weltz is a surgeon who specializes in malignant and benign breast issues. She does about 150 breast cancer ...

For the first time, major health organizations have agreed upon standards clarifying which breast cancer patients should be offered the option of lumpectomy and radiation therapy as an alternative to ...

As many as 40% of lumpectomies leave positive margins that necessitate a second surgery, but a novel fluorescent imaging agent used along with a direct visualization system may improve complete ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast is often performed before patients go through lumpectomy, the surgical removal of cancer or other abnormal tissue from the breast. MRI scans give ...

Breast cancer is always a difficult, stressful diagnosis. Breast cancer almost always requires surgery, ranging from mastectomy (removal of the entire breast) or lumpectomy (removal of the cancer and ...

When Karma Williams-Davis was diagnosed with cancer in her right breast in January 2013, she didn't think twice about her next step. The then 41-year-old school teacher wanted both breasts removed to ...

Have you had a tonsillectomy (your tonsils taken out), appendectomy (your appendix removed) or lumpectomy (removal of a lump from your breast)? The suffix “ectomy” denotes surgical removal of the ...