Lumpectomy

...EnCor(R) vacuum-assisted breast biopsy system and Contura(TM) MLB catheter for delivering radiation to the tissue surrounding the lumpectomy cavity following surgery for breast cancer. SenoRx's field sales organization serves over 2,000...

In this article: Piper Jaffray, Biopsy, Breast cancer, Surgery, and Canada

...the impact of the delay in prognosis. 'If the impact is only in treatment, for example if a woman has to have a mastectomy instead of a lumpectomy, any damages would be awarded for the difference in this procedure and the impact this has...

In this article: Breast cancer and Mastectomy

...be able to handle it, Ayscue said. "She (Rhonda) never complained. She taught me … what she's made of," Ayscue said. Her sister had a lumpectomy followed by chemotherapy treatments. "It (a mammogram) may be for five minutes, but it...

In this article: Breast cancer, Cancer, Biopsy, and Cabarrus County

...get better. When Suzanne Somers was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, she decided to forgo chemotherapy, had a lumpectomy and followed it up with radiation therapy and alternative treatments. Actress Parker Posey, diagnosed with Lyme...

In this article: Suzanne Somers, Parker Posey, Cancer, Acupuncture, Lyme disease, and Ginger

...somewhat lower numbers. If this figure is true, it means that mammograms are leading to a large number of unnecessary mastectomies and lumpectomies every year. "We likely create more disease through screening then we find. We likely do more...

In this article: Breast cancer, Cancer, Mastectomy, British Medical Journal, Biopsy, Angioplasty, University of Alabama-Birmingham, and American Cancer Society

...covering routine mammograms. Just think how much money those companies will save, not only on mammograms but also on all those biopsies, lumpectomies, chemo and radiation that won't be performed on the tumors that won't be detected from the...

In this article: Breast cancer, Anxiety, and Biopsy

...a very good friend to the disease about a decade ago. She was 48. And I have seen a number of other friends go through biopsies and lumpectomies and mastectomies, chemotherapy and radiation. Several of them are alive, I am convinced, because...

In this article: Cancer, Breast cancer, Biopsy, E mail, and Mastectomy

MONDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- After a lumpectomy, women with very dense breasts have a higher risk of cancer recurrence in the affected breast, a new study shows. Breast density has already been linked with an increased risk of...

In this article: Cancer, Breast cancer, Surgery, University of Toronto, and American Cancer Society

...breast cancer. Researchers at the Women's College Research Institute in Toronto evaluated the medical records of 335 women who had undergone a lumpectomy for breast cancer. The researchers assessed the breast density of the women, as seen on...

In this article: Breast cancer, Cancer, Los Angeles Times, EPA, White House, Toronto, Los Angeles, and California

Article Date: 05 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that radiation treatment for women who had a lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer can be safely reduced to four weeks, instead of the usual six to...

In this article: Breast cancer, Cancer, Medical advice, E-mail, Fox Chase Cancer Center, and US