After being diagnosed with breast cancer, 1/3 of women choose to have a mastectomy, or surgical removal of the entire breast, says an October 2008 article by Peter G. Cordeiro, M.D. in "The New England Journal of Medicine." Removal of one or both...
Breast cancer surgery is often a life-saving treatment. The reconstruction procedures that follow allow women to return to a normal life and maintain a positive body image. For proper healing, follow your doctor's instructions regarding aftercare....
A mastectomy is a complete removal of a woman's breast through surgery, an approach often taken to treat breast cancer. Exercises following a mastectomy are designed to help restore range of motion and function of the shoulder joint, and to...
Approximately 300,000 women in the United States have breast augmentation surgery each year. Around 80 percent of surgeries are performed for cosmetic reasons while around 20 percent are performed as reconstruction after breast cancer surgery. The...
Breast cancer develops from mutated breast cells that begin to divide uncontrollably and form a tumor. One of the first-line treatments for breast cancer is surgery. There are a number of breast cancer removal surgeries, which vary by how...
Breast cancer is the result of cells within the ducts or the lobes of the breast cancer growing unusually quickly. Although the cancer is initially confined to the breast, it can spread to other tissues throughout the body where it can cause life...
Breast cancer develops from uncontrolled cell proliferation in the breast, leading to the development of a tumor that can spread to the lymph nodes and throughout the body. Breast tumors differ in their appearance, invasiveness and severity, but...
Breast cancer develops from mutated breast cells. During cancer development, the mutant cells gain the ability to proliferate rapidly and indefinitely, invade neighboring tissues, evade cellular death and form tumors in distant organs. Although...
