The associate director for surgery at the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai, Christina Weltz is a surgeon who specializes in malignant and benign breast issues. She does about 150 breast cancer ...

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 ...

Letrozole, a new oral aromatase inhibitor for advanced breast cancer: double-blind randomized trial showing a dose effect and improved efficacy and tolerability compared with megestrol acetate. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If youve been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first decisions you may face is which type of surgery to have. The ...

For those with localized breast cancer, surgical options may include either lumpectomy or mastectomy, and patients have free rein about which to choose. Star Mackenzie Burruto had just gotten off the ...

Breast MRI detected a total of 124 additional suspicious areas in 73 patients. "Breast MRI altered the surgical management of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer in 36 (23.2 percent) of 155 ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast is often performed before patients go through lumpectomy, the surgical removal of cancer or other abnormal tissue from the breast. MRI scans give ...

A new guideline on margins in breast cancer surgery is likely to reduce the re-excision rate for women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy. At present, this re-excision rate is ...

A lumpectomy is a surgical procedure that removes cancer from the breast. Unlike a mastectomy — which removes the entire breast — a lumpectomy removes just the area of the breast where there is cancer ...

There are a number of options for women when they learn they have breast cancer in its earliest stages, when the tumor is relatively small and has not yet spread. Each option is similarly effective ...