BOSTON — Having a preoperative MRI scan does not help surgeons to reduce the likelihood of positive surgical margins when they are performing lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer, a new study ...
D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Lumpectomy -- also referred to, more precisely, as wide ...
Breast cancer patients who have additional tissue removed during partial mastectomies are half as likely to need second surgeries, according to the Connecticut Health-I-Team.