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Breast Care

Common Tests and Procedures

Therapeutic and Cosmetic Procedures

  • Breast augmentation

  • Breast implants
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  • Breast lift
    (see Mastopexy)

  • Breast reconstruction
    This surgery recreates the breast for women who have undergone breast removal due to cancer or other disease. Reconstruction can be done with implants or with the patient’s own tissue.
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  • Breast reduction
    (see Mammoplasty)

  • Chemotherapy

  • Lumpectomy
    This procedure removes a lump and a portion of tissue surrounding it.
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  • Mammoplasty
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  • Mastectomy
    This procedure ranges from simple mastectomy, where just the breast is removed, to radical mastectomy, where the entire breast and underarm lymph nodes are removes.
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  • Mastopexy
    This is a procedure to raise and reshape sagging breasts.
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  • Radiation Therapy