Breast reconstruction after breast cancer mastectomy surgery

Breast reconstruction is a common procedure that uses soft tissue flaps and/or implants to reconstruct a breast for patients after a mastectomy surgery for breast cancer. A mastectomy is…

Breast cancer: Is removing the healthy breast worth it?

Doctors have seen a concerning trend in recent years: Women diagnosed with cancer in one breast choosing to have double mastectomies to reduce cancer risk in the other breast.…

How to prevent breast cancer with chemoprevention

Getting a mammogram is the most common way to catch breast cancer. However if you have increased risk for the disease, chemoprevention is a relatively new process that actually works to…

3 signs of inflammatory breast cancer: See a doctor soon

Inflammatory breast cancer is an advanced form of breast cancer where there is a noticeable change in the skin on your breast. “If a patient presents with advanced stage,…

3D mammograms and MBI: Improving breast cancer detection

Mammography is the primary screening test for breast cancer in women with no known breast problems. Conventional mammograms are performed by taking 2D pictures of the breast. 3D mammograms…

Breast cancer: Determining your risk

Many patients may not realize that they are at high risk for developing breast cancer. Family history of breast cancer is important to consider but it is not the…

Breast cancer: Not for women only

Pink ribbons have become the symbol of breast cancer, a disease you may think only affects women. Not so, because men can be affected as well. And although symptoms…

Modern breast cancer treatment safer for the heart

Radiation has been part of breast cancer treatment since early 1900s. It has given many people the chance to survive breast cancer, but some survivors experienced an unwanted side…

SAVI: Treating breast cancer in 12 days

A Marshfield Clinic Health System team of breast cancer specialists can treat some early stage breast cancers in 12 days. This is done using a procedure called accelerated partial breast irradiation…

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