Breast cancer: major advances in lumpectomy
© istockLumpectomy is a so-called "conservative" surgery, it only concerns the tumor and a margin of healthy tissue all around, ...
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Breast cancer: patients satisfied with the operation under hypnosis
Breast cancer operated on under hypnosis. Institut Curie offers this alternative to general anesthesia to its patients. They say they ...
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Breast cancer: conservative surgery exposes a recurrence in 1 in 4 cases
Conservative surgery is less burdensome than a mastectomy. But in a quarter of cases, it is not enough to overcome ...
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Breast cancer: double mastectomy does not improve survival
In patients with breast cancer, bilateral mastectomy does not improve survival compared to conservative treatment, according to two US studies.When ...
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