During a conventional mastectomy, all your breast tissue is removed to treat breast cancer. A skin-sparing mastectomy is a newer technique that tries to preserve as much of the skin as possible. The ...
Mastectomy is when all breast tissue is removed. In appropriately selected patients, the surgeon may be able to conserve some of the skin and/or nipple normally lost during a mastectomy. The choice of ...
When Kate Delp was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer, she faced a decision: Should she have a lumpectomy or a mastectomy? “From what I’d heard about mastectomy, I knew that it was a very invasive ...