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Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
Risk of Developing Breast Cancer Is Not the Same in Both Breasts for Women with Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
Page DL, et al.The Lancet, January 11, 2003
Background and importance of the study: Atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) is a condition in which abnorm...
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BREAST BIOPSIES
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Breast biopsies are very common procedures. The actual surgery is done by making an incision either over the nodule or if possible at the areolar margin and then dissecting out the nodule. For a palpable nodule, the biopsy is done by your going to the o...
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Breast biopsy: Interpreting your risk of breast cancer
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-biopsy/WO00111
Even if your breast biopsy is benign, you may have an increased risk of breast cancer. Find out how your risk is affected.
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Surgery for Breast Cancer
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TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER
(Also see Article:Types of Breast Cancer Surgery)
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Breast cancer occurs in one out of every eight women. This prevalence results in many surgeries (biopsies) being done to prevent missing early or remote ...
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Breast self-exams: One way to detect breast cancer
Breast self-exams — along with clinical breast exams and mammography — raise your awareness of your breast health. Find out about what breast familiarity entails and review proper techniques for self-exams.
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Causes of breast cancer — the estrogen controversy
by Dixie Mills, MD, FACS
No one knows what causes breast cancer, and no one can clearly say why we are seeing an increase in breast cancer cases. More women develop breast cancer than men — about 100 cases in females for every one in a man. Women’...
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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)
DCIS stands for ductal carcinoma in situ. When you have this condition, the cells lining the milk ducts (the channels in the breast that carry milk to the nipple) are cancerous, but stay contained within the ducts without growing through into the surround...
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Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me? http://familydoctor.org/
What causes breast cancer?
It is not known exactly what causes breast cancer, but there are certain risk factors that seem to increase a person\'s chance of getting the disease. It\'s estima...
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LONG-TERM IV ACCESS
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Long-term IV access is necessary in many areas of medicine. Chemotherapy, IV nutrition, IV medications, obtaining blood for testing, and receiving blood products are just a few of the areas where the need for intermi...
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Lobular Carcinoma in Situ (LCIS)
Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is not a cancer, but its presence means that there is a small increase in the risk of developing breast cancer later in life. Even so, most women with LCIS do not develop breast cancer.
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Lymphedema
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Partial Breast Radiation
You have just been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer...Today, more and more women with early-stage breast cancer are able to treat their cancer effectively and preserve their breasts through an option called breast conservation therapy (BCT). This treatment includes ...
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MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN BREAST DISEASE
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Benign breast disease is one of the most common of all medical entities evaluated and followed in a woman. The reason for this is the relative high incidence of breast cancer, and the difficu...
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MRI Urged for High Breast Cancer Risk
American Cancer Society Recommends Annual Breast MRI for Very High-Risk Women
By Daniel J. DeNoonWebMD Medical News
March 28, 2007 -- Women at very high risk of breast cancer -- fewer than 1 in 50 U.S. women -- should get yearly breast MRIs, the American Canc...
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NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
The needle aspiration biopsy is an excellent adjunct to the breast exam in evaluating and carefully following breast problems. It is also utilized to help confirm a malignancy in a suspicious breast mass so tha...
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NEEDLE-LOCALIZED BREAST BIOPSIES
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Sometimes an abnormality in a mammogram that requires a breast biopsy cannot be felt or palpated in a physical exam. To biopsy this abnormality requires some method of finding or localizing the area at t...
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Osteoporosis Overview
Fast Facts
http://www.nof.o...
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OUTPATIENT SURGERY
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Outpatient surgery or day surgery refers to surgery which can be performed and the patient is discharged either the same day or within 23 hours. The admission requires an early morning hour registration period, usual...
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Paget’s Disease of the Breast
Paget’s disease of the breast is an eczema-like change in the skin of the nipple, and 9 out of 10 women who have this have an underlying breast cancer. The underlying breast cancer may be an invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma of the breast (DCIS). In DC...
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POST-OP CARE
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Home health care will vary with each specific problem. The following surgeries require an incision with absorbable or removable sutures placed in: breast biopsies, any type skin biopsies, inguinal hernias, abdominal hernias...
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Prophylactic mastectomy: An option for breast cancer prevention
Prophylactic mastectomy may reduce your risk of breast cancer. Learn how doctors assess breast cancer risk and how a mastectomy might help prevent this disease.
If you have relatives who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, you m...
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STEREOTACTIC BREAST BIOPSY
Jerry K. Myers, M.D.
Stereotactic breast imaging makes possible the localization of breast lesions to a resolution of approximately 1 millimeter. This technology utilizes a process called digital spot mammography to visualiz...
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