Breast Cancer
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SURGERY
Breast-conserving Surgery
Mastectomy
Lymph Node Surgery
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In this procedure, about 10-40 lymph nodes are removed from under the arm and checked for cancer spread. The first lymph node is removed to which a tumor is likely to spread. It is done by injection into the tumor, nearby area, or around the nipple. The lymph nodes are very important because they can determine what type of treatment is needed for cancer. Pain, Bleeding, Swelling and infections may occur as side effects.
Cancer surgery dates back to when the ancient Romans lived. These ancient physicians and surgeons knew that the malignant disease would return even though it was surgically removed. Some believed that this disease was incurable until the 21st century. In the 19th century, scientist William Stewart Halsted, professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins University, developed the radical mastectomy.Studies recently show that mastectomy are not as commonly used as before, but instead have the tumor removed (lumpectomy) and have radiation to diminish the chances of the radiation growing back and spreading throughout the organism. [Citation 36]
The part of the breast containing cancer is removed in this type of surgery. It removes the cancer and the normal tissues surrounding.Side effects may be pain, temporary swelling,and tenderness. Bleeding and infection at the surgery site is possible.
This type of surgery requires the removal of the entire breast and sometimes nearby tissues as well. The entire breast including nipples removed but underarm lymph nodes or muscle tissues beneath the breast do not get removed in simple mastectomy. The side effects may be change in shape of breast, wound infection and many more depending on type of mastectomy.
Breast Cancer Surgery Evolution & History
The removal of the breast and or the cancerous tumor to end the spreading of the malignant cell. [Citation 36]
There are three types of surgeries that could be used for cancer: Masectomy, Breast-conserving Surgery, and Lymph Node Surgery. Read below for more information on the three types of Surgeries.
Although the removal of the breast or tumor is removed from the patient, the cancer may return and spread throughout the other areas in the body. For this reason, other treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy is needed to avoid the spreading of the malignant cells throughout other parts of the body. [Citation 36]