Recent news on Lumpectomy

FDA Approves SenoRx's Breast Cancer Therapy Device for Lumpectomy ...  -  25 May 2007
Kaiser network.org,Medical device company SenoRx on Wednesday announced that it has received FDA approval to market its device designed to aid therapy following lumpectomy

Lumpectomy safe for younger breast cancer patients  -  25 May 2007
Reuters.uk,Now, however, a study shows that breast-conserving treatment, commonly known as lumpectomy, is safe for women younger than 40.

Some of her "blockers" barely rose to the task  -  25 May 2007
Dallas Observer,Drinkwater picked a portrait of a nude woman with a lumpectomy scar on her left breast. We don't have room to show it to you here, but you can see it at

Clergywoman solicits help from 8000 in breast cancer fight  -  25 May 2007
Worldwide Faith News (press release),For me it was a mammogram, the biopsy, the lumpectomy. This thing had to unfold. I became two persons - the public one who was taking care of everybody and

Breast MRI may have a role in evaluation of newly diagnosed breast ...  -  May 22, 2007
News-Medical.net,For instance, if additional cancer is found in the same breast, a surgeon can perform a mastectomy (removal of the whole breast) instead of a lumpectomy

After month of denying cancer, reality returned  -  May 22, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),I did not want a lumpectomy, nor did I want radiation. And who in their right mind would get a mastectomy? I was angry that a mastectomy was even offered.

Role Found for MRI in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer  -  May 21, 2007
MedPage Today,Lumpectomy was converted to mastectomy in 10 patients (for eight patients it was a beneficial change), wider excision was performed in 21 patients (10

Novel Intraoperative Probe Effective in Assessing Lumpectomy ...  -  May 8, 2007
American Digital Networks (press release),In the study, intact lumpectomy specimens were sampled immediately following excision by applying the Dune probe to multiple measurement sites on each

Novel Intraoperative Probe Effective in Assessing Lumpectomy ...  -  May 8, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),A novel intraoperative breast cancer probe demonstrated significant potential for reducing positive surgical margins in lumpectomy patients--including those

UCSD's Moores Cancer Center First in California To Offer SAVI(TM ...  -  May 21, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),By delivering a more precisely targeted dose of radiation, SAVI treats the tissue surrounding the lumpectomy cavity while minimizing radiation to healthy

Treating Breast Cancer  -  May 19, 2007
Opelika Auburn News,And although a lumpectomy has been accepted as an alternative to a mastectomy when combined with localized radiation, some members of the radiation oncology

After month of denying cancer, reality returned  -  May 22, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),..."You have two choices," he continued, "You can have a lumpectomy, followed by 33 sessions of radiation, or a mastectomy."

Mammosite Aces Five-Year Trial  -  May 21, 2007
Central Florida News 13|,Mammosite is a process in which a balloon is placed into a woman's lumpectomy cavity. Then the woman is irradiated from within via a radiation seed.

MY SHOCK AT £2250 QUOTE  -  May 21, 2007
Glasgow Daily Record,She said: "I had gone through a lumpectomy, then six months of chemotherapy and six weeks of radiotherapy. It had drained me."

CAD for Breast MRI: Confirma Launches New Online Educational Series  -  May 9, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),It revealed multifocal, multicentric cancer, changing her treatment from lumpectomy to mastectomy. In the left breast, MRI revealed a small nodule in the

Words you never want to hear from your doctor  -  May 22, 2007
Auburn Citizen,Breast conservation surgery is also called partial mastectomy or lumpectomy. When breast tissue is left behind, radiation therapy should always be part of

A chance meeting brings survivors together  -  May 15, 2007
Evening Sun (subscription),Martha understood what Julia was going through, having had a lumpectomy when she was diagnosed with breast cancer six years before.

New Breast Cancer Treatment May Reduce Radiation to Healthy Tissue ...  -  May 2, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),Breast conservation therapy includes lumpectomy - surgical removal of the cancerous tissue within the breast plus tissue immediately around the tumor

Pittsburghers Race For Breast Cancer Cure  -  May 13, 2007
KDKA,...“I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October, had two unsuccessful lumpectomy surgeries in November and a mastectomy in December,� she said.

Cancer survivor mum gets back into stride  -  May 13, 2007
Advertiser Adelaide,Mrs Filko, 29, of Parafield Gardens, has been clear of the disease since last September but not before a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Who'll get help from the NHS?  -  Apr 30, 2007
The Sun,...“I could choose between a lumpectomy and mastectomy. But a lumpectomy couldn’t guarantee the cancer would be completely gone.

Dr. on the receiving end of breast cancer battle  -  May 3, 2007
WSAV-TV,...but she did monthly breast self exams. She started getting mammograms at age 35. As for her breast cancer, Dr. Coolidge had a lumpectomy.

Program attracts national speaker  -  May 2, 2007
The Register-Mail,..."Having had a lumpectomy and having gone through chemotherapy, radiation therapy and hormone therapy," her Web site states, "she is certainly aware of what

AREA WOMAN WALKS TO GIVE BACK TO THE GROUP THAT HELPED HER  -  May 1, 2007
Oswego Palladium Times,...her doctor contacted the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which paid for a screening and the eventual surgeon for a lumpectomy as well as the

Cottage plans year of women's programs  -  Apr 28, 2007
The Register-Mail,Metzger, an 11-year breast cancer survivor, has been through a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and hormone therapy.

On the fast track back  -  May 23, 2007
Bainbridge Island Review,After Lund’s diagnosis, doctors presented her with two different treatment options: a lumpectomy followed by radiation, or a mastectomy.

Women's Health Week: New Cancer Drug Could Cut Need for Chemo  -  May 22, 2007
WSFA,She had a lumpectomy, and her lymph nodes were removed before undergoing chemotherapyand radiotherapy. She says one of the major issues she was concerned

Xoft Reaches Milestone as Axxent(R) Electronic Brachytherapy ...  -  May 2, 2007
SYS-CON Media,Finally, it was an added benefit that the treatments lasted only five days, as opposed to the 33 daily treatments required with my first lumpectomy," added

Breast reconstruction with breast implants: One woman's story  -  May 14, 2007
MayoClinic.comFirmly convinced that a lumpectomy and a course of radiation would remove her cancer, Jane had scarcely glanced at the breast reconstruction photos her

Geoff Oldfather: Pink Tie Friends need your help to fight breast ...  -  May 21, 2007
Fort Pierce Tribune (subscription),..."We have a patient right now who had a lumpectomy and then a mastectomy, and we're in the process of paying for her chemotherapy," Hollister said.

WellStar Kennestone Hospital First Medical Center To Treat Early ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),This may accelerate patient choice of breast sparing lumpectomy surgery with adjuvant radiation therapy over the alternative of a full mastectomy.

Hundreds walk to aid cancer fight  -  May 21, 2007
Greenwich Time,Greenwich resident Drude Garmann, 62, a breast cancer survivor who underwent a lumpectomy in 1999, followed by eight months of chemotherapy and seven weeks

FRIENDS RUN FOR LIFE  -  May 7, 2007
Glasgow Daily Record,..."Even so, I chose to put off the lumpectomy and the subsequent treatment until after Karen's marriage. "Living with all these distressing thoughts was hard,

Hitting the pavement against cancer  -  May 3, 2007
Sequoyah County Times,After the diagnosis, they attacked the cancer, scheduling her for a lumpectomy on Jan. 3, 2005. Three weeks later, she started chemotherapy treatments.

Faith, humor help families cope with cancer  -  May 19, 2007
Catholic Online,After her diagnosis, Diane's first course of treatment was surgery, including a lumpectomy and a mastectomy. They found cancer in two lymph nodes,

Doctors: New Breast Cancer Treatment Is Breakthrough  -  May 18, 2007
NBC 4.com,..."I had a lumpectomy and my lymph nodes removed, and then I had chemotherapy, and then I had radiotherapy. One of the major issues was whether I'd become

'Life is good'  -  May 17, 2007
York County Coast Star,A lumpectomy in January 2006 confirmed the diagnosis: She had lobular carcinoma, a slow-growing type of breast cancer. Doctors put Ellis on Tamoxifen,

Ready, set, 'Reaux'  -  May 17, 2007
The Daily Advertiser,..."I had a lumpectomy. We caught it early both times. I was lucky," said the grandmother of two, 59. "I wanted grandkids. At the time, I didn't have grandkids

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