Today many women suffering with breast cancer are given opportunity to make a choice of total removal of a breast called mastectomy and breast conserving surgery called lumpectomy which is followed by radiation.
There are women who feels that mastectomy serves them better and that they have a little more control because they don’t have to worry as much about local recurrence.
Today many women suffering with breast cancer are given opportunity to make a choice of total removal of a breast called mastectomy and breast conserving surgery called lumpectomy which is followed by radiation.
Chemotherapy – its a therapy that affects whole body by passing through bloodstream. The purpose of this therapy is to get rid of any cancer cells that may have spread from where the cancer originated to another part of the body.
Today, the goal is precise, targeted surgery that aims to preserve as much of the healthy breast and surrounding areas as possible. Even mastectomy (breast removal) is a more refined, less drastic option than it was a generation ago.