Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest
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Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen treatment burdens. One new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examines whether removing lymph nodes is always necessary in early breast cancer. In the new study, researchers in Germany looked at whether women with early breast cancer who were planning to have breast-conserving surgery could safely skip having lymph nodes removed. “Removing lymph nodes does not improve survival, and the risk of cancer coming back in the armpit is quite low when lymph nodes are not removed,” said Morrow, who added that some women will still need the lymph node procedure to help determine which treatment drugs they should take after surgery.

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Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest
3 months, 1 week ago

Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest

Associated Press  

Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen treatment burdens. One new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examines whether removing lymph nodes is always necessary in early breast cancer. Lymph nodes and early breast cancer Women having surgery for breast cancer often also have what’s called …

Doctors told me my disturbing symptom was 'just hormones' - it was actually cancer
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Doctors told me my disturbing symptom was 'just hormones' - it was actually cancer

Daily Mail  

A 26-year-old cancer patient was left outraged after a GP dismissed her bleeding nipple and breast lump as 'just hormones' — and told her she 'didn't meet the criteria' for breast cancer. But a precautionary biopsy found she had precancerous cells trapped within her milk ducts Ms Bailey was then referred to a breast clinic where she was told that …

New Study Says More Breast Cancer Patients Can Choose Smaller Surgery Now
2 years, 3 months ago

New Study Says More Breast Cancer Patients Can Choose Smaller Surgery Now

News 18  

Many women with two or three breast tumours can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breasts removed, a new study suggests. “This study caught my attention very quickly,” said Dr. John Kiluk, a surgeon at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, who was not involved in the research. “It is definitely a step forward for our …

The One Place You're Probably Forgetting When You Do A Breast Check
2 years, 5 months ago

The One Place You're Probably Forgetting When You Do A Breast Check

Huff Post  

Illustrator: Lia Liao For HuffPost It's important to check your underarms when your doing self-breast exams. It’s rare and unusual, but it definitely happens.” Below, Yeh and other experts break down what happens with the underarm lymph nodes in these situations and the best way to check that area. “When breast cancer spreads, it tends to spread through the nearby …

Understanding Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: An early form of breast cancer that, if caught, can save lives
8 years, 4 months ago

Understanding Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: An early form of breast cancer that, if caught, can save lives

Firstpost  

More than 70,000 women in India succumb to breast cancer every year – which means that a woman dies of breast cancer every ten minutes in India. In India, well over 1,50,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year; a staggering number that has overtaken cervical cancer to become the most common cancer affecting women. If DCIS is left …

Majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer after screening mammograms get unnecessary treatment, study finds
8 years, 5 months ago

Majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer after screening mammograms get unnecessary treatment, study finds

LA Times  

More than half of breast cancers newly diagnosed in the United States are likely cases of mistaken identity that subject women to needless anxiety, treatment and expense, researchers reported Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. By the mid-1980s, an American Cancer Society awareness campaign told women over 35, “If you haven’t had a mammogram, you need more than …

Is early breast cancer overtreated?
9 years, 7 months ago

Is early breast cancer overtreated?

CNN  

Story highlights More than 60,000 women diagnosed with Ductal carcinoma in situ annually DCIS, known as Stage 0, does not always result in breast cancer CNN — More than 60% of all women over 40 in the United States have had a mammogram in the past two years. And 20% of mammograms detect something called ductal carcinoma in situ, or …

Breast cancer study could change how early growths are treated
14 years ago

Breast cancer study could change how early growths are treated

China Daily  

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In a patient with breast cancer, the cancer can spread to the large number of lymph nodes under the arm. Doctors have traditionally removed many of these lymph nodes in the hope of removing all the cancer. Some experts say the findings could change the way surgeons treat early breast cancers that …

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