More women with breast cancer are losing whole breasts to surgery than the National Institutes of Health recommend. Breast-conserving surgery — where the cancer and surrounding tissue are removed and the breast is spared — has increased since 1990, but is still below the NIH’s recommended levels, according to a University of Minnesota study recently published in the journal “Cancer.” (more…)
June 23, 2011
April 27, 2010
Cancer Treatments
While cancer treatments steadily advance and improve, doctors have yet to find a cure for self-consciousness and insecurity that comes when a patient loses his or her hair, or is disfigured after surgery such as a mastectomy.
Huntington Memorial Hospital is attempting to address these problems with its newly opened Appearance Center. The center aims to help calm the fears and feelings of negative self-image that often follow chemotherapy and cancer surgery.
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