Analysis of Breast Cancer and Surgery as Treatment Options

Breast cancer can be defined as a malignant tumor that develops in the breast. There are many types of treatment options including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy. The medical team and the patient analyze the options together and decide the best treatment. However, surgery is so far defined as the best therapeutic option for breast cancer. There are mainly two types of surgery options: mastectomy and lumpectomy. Lumpectomy is a breast conserving procedure that consists of removing the ‘tumor’ and a margin of tissue surrounding it to make sure all breast cancer has been removed. Mastectomy is the surgery that removes the whole breast. A considerable number of studies have been made to compare Mastectomy and Lumpectomy. Fisher, Bernard; Anderson, Stewart, Redmond, Carol K at all (1995) conclude that there are no significant differences found between the patients who underwent total mastectomy and those treated by ABSTRACT