I returned to work 2 weeks after my bilateral mastectomy, chosen over a lumpectomy because as a mom and solo practitioner ... Even when I developed sudden back pain, I never thought it could be breast ...

However, a mastectomy may be required after a lumpectomy if the surgeon couldn't get clear margins or if recurrence or second cancer occurs and a lumpectomy with radiation isn't an option.

Questions about sex and intimacy often go unanswered for people with cancer. It's a glaring problem, especially for the ...

"It's abnormal to have a lot of pain after a lumpectomy," says Dr. Sarah Cate, a breast surgeon at Mount Sinai Health System. For early stage breast cancer, studies have shown that lumpectomy plus ...

However, a mastectomy may be required after a lumpectomy if the surgeon couldn't get clear margins or if recurrence or second cancer occurs and a lumpectomy with radiation isn't an option. Pain ...

It may be given after a lumpectomy or a mastectomy ... skin reactions (e.g., redness), breast pain, and low white blood cell counts. If you have had any of the standard therapies for TNBC, you may ...

radiotherapy and a lumpectomy. At the start of 2024, she had pain in her shoulder and a routine mammogram showed cancer. She said: “A scan showed the cancer was everywhere - in my head, toes and liver ...

After two years, the rates of invasive cancer were low and ... The mammograms spotted a small cancer in her other breast in 2023, unrelated to the DCIS. She had a lumpectomy to remove it. “If you’re ...

With robotics, patients experience less pain ... early-stage breast cancer after initially dismissing mild symptoms. Under the care of Dr. Shabber Zaveri, Dr. Sindhu Paul Kavalakkat, and Dr. Poonam ...