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Last Updated: February 13th, 2012
Mastectomy is an option for surgical treatment. If a tumor is small, less than 4 centimeters, and does not have locally advanced features such as skin involvement, a patient can have a lumpectomy with the same survival as mastectomy. Most patients are equally good candidates for both procedures.
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After a lumpectomy the breast should look very similar to how it started in shape and size. There can be some loss of contour or fullness where the tumor was and after radiation, which causes some retraction. This is variable from patient to patient as everyone heals differently.
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Mammography can prevent cancer deaths by picking up tumors when they are small or present at an early stage. The survival rate for women who have regular screening mammograms with a diagnosis of cancer exceeds 90 percent.
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