Lumpectomy not advised if breast cancer returns
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A mastectomy is prudent when breast cancer returns after a lumpectomy, because survival rates are better than with another lumpectomy, according to a new report.
“We were surprised to find that so many women in our study — almost a quarter of them — had received another lumpectomy rather than a mastectomy,” Dr. Steven L. Chen, from the University of California Davis Cancer Center in Sacramento, said in a statement.