http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Many women in Texas who are found to have an abnormality on routine mammogram or discover a lump in one of their breasts end up having an old-fashioned surgical biopsy to find out whether the breast abnormality is malignant. Since 2001, national expert panels have recommended that the first course of action for women with breast lumps or masses should be minimally invasive biopsy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-one-third-texas-women-unnecessary-breast.html Surgery Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:01 EST news288028519 One of the world's most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring—removal of both breasts. But new approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether to treat cancer or to prevent it as Angelina Jolie just chose to do. As Jolie said, "the results can be beautiful." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-women-options-breast-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:01 EST news287722158 Axillary lymph node dissection is done in conjunction with lumpectomy or mastectomy to determine if breast cancer has spread to the adjoining lymph nodes. The conventional surgical approach leaves a surgical scar that is unattractive and can restrict range of motion in the shoulder joint. Also, squeezing and pulling the tumor during the breast operation can stimulate tumor cell metastases. A new study in the December issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings reports that an endoscopic technique, mastoscopic axillary lymph node dissection (MALND), can reduce these complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-minimally-invasive-lymph-node-breast.html Cancer Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:01 EST news271614186 With a plethora of advice from websites and survivor support networks as well as friends, family and co-workers, it can seem daunting to make the "right" decision when facing breast cancer.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-breast-surgery-options-flex-personalized.html Surgery Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:16:46 EST news269244990 Two new studies presented at the ESMO 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria show how improvements in breast cancer treatments are making it possible for more women to conserve their breasts following therapy, but raise concerns about whether enough women are being offered these approaches. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-women-breast-conserving-treatment.html Cancer Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:27:50 EST news268205243 (HealthDay)—A new device meant to help surgeons determine in the operating room if they have removed all cancerous breast cancer tissue may help reduce repeat surgeries after lumpectomy without compromising cosmetic effects, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-device-breast-cancer-surgeries.html Cancer Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:10:01 EST news266666143 Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for the breast cancer genes BRCA1/2 is now feasible and established, with good success rates for those treated, according to investigators from the reproduction, oncology and genetics centres of the university hospitals of Maastricht and Brussels. The results follow a review of the largest number of PGD treatments for BRCA1/2 in Europe and were presented today at the annual meeting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) by Professor Willem Verpoest from the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hereditary-breast-ovarian-cancer-pgd.html Cancer Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:10:27 EST news260421020 (HealthDay) -- Most people know what lifestyle choices will keep the chances of a cancer diagnosis low: Don't smoke, eat healthy, exercise and get the recommended screenings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-healthy-lifestyle-choices-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:50:02 EST news254065047 According to the results of a new study published in the November 2011 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, malpractice lawsuits against U.S. surgeons occur often and can take a profound personal toll on the surgeon, resulting in emotional exhaustion, stress, and professional dissatisfaction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-malpractice-psychological-distress-career-burnout.html Other Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:50 EST news240508893 Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are recruiting women with breast cancer to test whether a technique to image tissue blood flow could help reduce complications after mastectomy surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-breast-cancer-patients-trial-imaging.html Cancer Tue, 25 Oct 2011 06:36:37 EST news238743370 It had taken some years for Nicole McLean to embrace her God-given breasts, ample at size H cups. So when, at 39, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and told, despite her adamant protests, that mastectomy was the best option, McLean never hesitated to pursue reconstruction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-women-reconstruction-mastectomy-options.html Other Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:20:01 EST news236230896 A Senior Design team at Stevens Institute of Technology is working to alleviate pain and other complications that often arise during thoracic surgeries. Five undergraduate Biomedical Engineering students have invented a novel thoracic catheter that overcomes issues of existing catheter design and introduces a potentially profitable new product for the marketplace. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-stevens-thoracic-catheter-senior-team.html Medical research Mon, 23 May 2011 10:17:04 EST news225364607