Breast Cancer (Therapy)

Lumpectomy Rate Low in North Carolina

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 20th, 1997

Comparatively few North Carolina women with breast cancer are choosing, or being offered the choice, of a procedure that is less drastic than mastectomy.

A study by Dr. Cyrus Kotwall and several associates found that North Carolina has a low rate of lumpectomies, a type of surgery that removes only the cancerous tumor from the breast.

Many women who have their entire breast removed might have been treated with the less radical breast-conserving surgery combined with a six-week regimen of radiation therapy, according to a study published in the October 1996 issue of the Annals of Surgery.

As part of the study, the research team...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-01-20)

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