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2. Breast cancer management - Wikipedia

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   The mainstay of breast cancer management is surgery for the local and regional tumor, followed (or preceded) by a combination of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine (hormone) therapy, and targeted therapy. Research is ongoing for the use of immunotherapy in breast cancer management. Management of breast cancer is undertaken by a ...

3. Radical mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Radical mastectomy is a surgical procedure that treats breast cancer by removing the breast and its underlying chest muscle (including pectoralis major and pectoralis minor ), and lymph nodes of the axilla (armpit). Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. During the early twentieth century it was primarily treated by surgery, when ...

4. Mom receives new procedure to remove breast lump without ...

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   This past spring an annual mammogram found a lump in Jade Barton’s breast, and she was diagnosed with stage 1 invasive ductal cancer. When she met with doctors at Huntsman Cancer Institute, she ...

5. Mammaplasty - Wikipedia

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   Mammaplasty (also called mammoplasty [1] or mastoplasty) refers to a group of surgical procedures, the goal of which is to reshape or otherwise modify the appearance of the breast. There are two main types of mammoplasty: [2] [3] Augmentation mammaplasty is commonly performed to increase the size, change the shape, and/or alter the texture of ...

6. Mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Mastectomy. Woman following the removal of the right breast. Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer. [1] [2] In some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation as a preventive measure. [1]

7. Olivia Munn is going through medically induced menopause ...

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   According to a National Institutes of Health study, breast cancer survivors are on these medications for an average of 4.04 years. Minkin says that anywhere from five to 10 years of treatment is ...