MSK’s breast cancer surgeons are leaders in developing national guidelines for when to use a lumpectomy. When is a lumpectomy right for you? A lumpectomy is most often the right choice for someone ...

“And if your doctor is recommending a lumpectomy and it doesn’t feel right, you shouldn’t feel bad about yourself if you ...

Patients with localized breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy generally also receive radiotherapy to prevent local recurrence. Because tamoxifen also reduces the incidence of local recurrence ...

Diagnosis: Stage T1bN0M0 left breast cancer. Management: Lumpectomy, sentinel lymph-node biopsy and fractionated partial breast irradiation using 3-dimensional conformal technique. The ...