Breast Cancer Surgery

1. Breast biopsy:
   1. Ultrasound or CT guided biopsy pre and post-operative instructions Harvard University Massachusetts
   2. Needle localization breast biopsy pre and post-operative instructions Harvard University Massachusetts
   3. Understanding your breast biopsy report:
   • Pathologist Edward O. Uthman, MD's explains types of biopsies and what biopsy reports mean
   • Ethicon Endo-Surgery breast cancer types, ductal carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), invasive ductal carcinoma, medullary carcinoma, mucinous carcinoma, tubular carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, Paget's disease, inflammatory carcinoma
   • UK CancerBacup DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ) early non-spreading breast cancer
   • Estrogen Receptors, Tamoxifen, and Raloxifene US National Cancer Institute
   • Pathology Second Opinions findcancerexperts.com
   
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2. Mastectomy and breast-sparing operations
   1. YourSurgery.com on mastectomy breast removal surgery
   2. iBreast
      • Mastectomy and mastectomy with lymph node dissection
      • How long surgery takes
      • The incision
      • What happens
      • Risks: numbness, extra sensitivity to touch within the area of surgery
      • Blood or serum collecting under the scar
      • Delayed wound healing
      • Infection
      • Hospital stay
   3. Actress Lynn Redgrave's mastectomy surgery New York Times magazine slide show, free site which requires registration to use
3. Complications of breast cancer surgery:
1. Lymphedema
2. Winged scapula or "flying shoulder blade", a rare complication caused by injury to the long thoracic nerve at the back of the underarm
3. Post-mastectomy syndrome CancerLynx personal experiences

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