Lumpectomy

LumpectomyPhoto ? A.d.a.m. A Lumpectomy is a less invasive surgery of breast cancer. It is technically classified as a partial mastectomy, because some of the breast is removed. But since a Lumpectomy takes the least amount of scar tissue and leaves the smallest of all breast surgeries, should do minor changes in your chest. A Lumpectomy may also be called a wide local excision (WLE).

Lumpectomy-a Breast-conservation
The goal of a Lumpectomy you remove only the tumor and a small margin of tissue. Your surgeon's task will be to locate the lump and a margin of tissue that surrounds the clot. Sometimes a wire localization procedure is used to mark the position of the lump. A surgeon will operate by feel and use the information contained in the report of mammography or ultrasound. My surgeon has noted that "cancer is very difficult, as sort of a carrot raw" and who led his scalpel just outside this area difficult, to be sure he had removed the entire tumor. The surgeon may mention that move "clear margins" cancer is important and for this reason a bit more than just the cancer must be removed. Since a tumour normally have irregular surfaces ("spiculated") that may try to branch out and spread, the surgeon will seek to ensure that, when the tumor is removed, not bit of shock and peaks of the cancer are left in the breast tissue, which may cause a recurrence of cancer.

Here's a more detailed description of what you can expect during a Lumpectomy.

Preparing for radiation treatments
After a lump removed, if necessary, the surgeon may insert a catheter device radiation, sometimes called a balloon catheter, Lumpectomy cavity. This device allows the radiologist to give you a brachytherapy, radiation method that is delivered from inside your chest instead of external beam radiation.

New shape, new Textures
Depending on the amount of tissue is removed, you may or may not need a prosthesis or extra padding in a bra after you've recovered from a Lumpectomy. Your body will throw some scar tissue in the surgery, which can fill in the place where the clot. This will change the texture of your breast a little, and this area will be displayed on mammograms as future other than breast tissue undisturbed. You will have a scar on skin incision that has been done, but with good care, this fades into a small line that is just a little more clear than the surrounding skin. Ask your family doctor or surgeon how you can take better care of the recording and promote healing.

Larger tumors may require a quadrantectomy, a type of partial mastectomy.

Sources:
American Cancer Society. Step-by-step guide: breast cancer. Surgery for breast cancer. Revision: 09/13/2007.

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