Each year more than 200,000 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, the most common kind, must make myriad treatment decisions. Among them: whether to have a mastectomy or breast-conserving ...

If you've recently been diagnosed with breast cancer, you'll be faced with some decisions about the care you'll receive. Depending on the type, location, stage and other aspects of your cancer, you ...

Clinical data from pivotal trial in patients undergoing lumpectomy confirm strong safety profile and growing performance ...

For more than a decade, the number of women choosing bilateral mastectomy to treat breast cancer has been on the rise. That's the case even for women with early stage breast cancer, cancer in only one ...

“You know that phrase, ‘third time’s the charm?’ ” Marilene Nevins asks. Well, not always. In 1997, a suspicious mass was found in Nevins’ right breast. “I nicknamed that one Mickey,” she says. “You ...

The FDA approved pegulicianine (LumiSight) as an optical imaging agent for detecting residual cancer after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). The approval stipulates use of pegulicianine with the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I understand surgery is often included as part of the treatment plan for breast cancer. If I'm a candidate for lumpectomy but am also considering a mastectomy, what are some things I ...

It is well established that breast conservation, which involves the removal of a breast cancer along with a small rim of normal breast tissue around it and is followed by radiation therapy, is at ...

After Katie Couric was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer, one of the first questions swirling in her head was whether she would need a mastectomy — or surgery to remove the entire breast. But ...

INSITE Trial included more than 400 patients at 14 leading academic and community cancer centers Intracavity visualization system uses fluorescence imaging designed to identify residual cancer and ...

For more than a decade, the number of women choosing bilateral mastectomy to treat breast cancer has been on the rise. That's the case even for women with early stage breast cancer, cancer in only one ...