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Clinical Trials — Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Using Peritumoral Injection With Blue Dye Confirmation Optical Spectroscopy During Breast Cancer Surgery and Core Needle Biopsy Liposomal Doxorubicin Before Mastectomy in Treating Women With Invasive Breast Cancer Drug: ...More…

Mastectomy

Breast Cancer — Mastectomy is surgery to remove a breast. On these pages, you can find out more about different types of mastectomy, get help with decision-making, and learn what to expect during and after surgery. Skin-sparing Mastectomy Is Mastectomy Right for ...More…

Skin-Sparing Mastectomy

Breast Cancer — Skin-sparing mastectomy is a technique that preserves as much of the breast skin as possible. Skin-sparing mastectomy can be performed as a "simple" or "total" mastectomy or as a modified radical mastectomy to provide the skin needed ...More…

Mastectomy vs. Lumpectomy

Breast Cancer — Under certain circumstances, people with breast cancer have the opportunity to choose between total removal of a breast (mastectomy) and breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy) followed by radiation. Lumpectomy followed by radiation is likely to ...More…

Why would a woman consider undergoing preventive mastectomy?

National Cancer Institute — Preventive mastectomy (also called prophylactic or risk-reducing mastectomy) is the surgical removal of one or both breasts. It is done to prevent or reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who are at high risk of developing the disease (see ...More…

Mastectomy: Surgery to treat or prevent breast cancer

Mayo Clinic — Mastectomy - understand why this breast cancer surgery is used and what to expect. Breast cancer chemoprevention: Medicines that reduce breast cancer risk Genetic testing for breast cancer: Psychological and social impact Prophylactic mastectomy: ...More…

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Clinical Trials — Influence of Fibrin Glue on Seroma Formation After Modified Radical Mastectomy Effect of Ketalar to Prevent Postoperative Chronic Pain After Mastectomy Quality of Life; Mastectomy; Breast Neoplasms; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Adjustment ...More…

Why choose prophylactic mastectomy: Risks and prevention

Mayo Clinic — Prophylactic mastectomy - Find out if this breast cancer prevention surgery is right for you. Finding out you're at high risk of breast cancer forces you to confront questions few women are ever prepared to face. One such question is whether to ...More…

Mastectomy: Surgery to treat or prevent breast cancer

Mayo Clinic — Mastectomy - understand why this breast cancer surgery is used and what to expect. Surgery of any kind can be a challenging experience, but mastectomy - the surgical removal of one or both breasts - may raise special concerns. You may wonder if ...More…

Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

American Cancer Society — Can breast reconstruction hide cancer, or cause it to come back? Breast reconstruction is a type of surgery for women who have had a breast removed (mastectomy). The surgery rebuilds the breast so that it is about the same size and shape as it ...More…

Why would a woman consider undergoing preventive mastectomy?

National Cancer Institute — Preventive mastectomy (also called prophylactic or risk-reducing mastectomy) is the surgical removal of one or both breasts. It is done to prevent or reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who are at high risk of developing the disease (see ...More…

Mammograms after Different Types of Breast Surgery

Breast Cancer — Avoid wearing powders or deodorant/anti-perspirants when you get your mammogram-even though the whole experience can really make you work up a sweat. Anti-perspirants can fog the films; powder can sometimes look like breast calcifications in a ...More…

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