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What is an anesthesiologist?
Before your surgery, you will meet an important member of your surgical team, the
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What is lymphedema?
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What are the side effects of breast-conserving surgery?
For breast-conserving surgery, the most common side effects are pain, temporary swelling,
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What side effects can I expect after a breast cancer surgery?
Most women are uncomfortable for the first few days after surgery. You are likely to have some
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What is a sentinel lymph node biopsy?
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What does axillary clearance mean?
When the breast cancer surgeon removes all the lymph nodes under the armpit, this is called
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What is lymph node sampling?
Sometimes a few lymph glands are taken as a “sampling” to check for more cancer and
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What should I ask prior to breast cancer surgery about lymph node removal?
Another important discussion is to understand if the surgeon plans to remove any of your lymph
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Will radiation therapy make me radioactive?
Radiation therapy won’t make you radioactive. You won’t glow in the dark, and
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What is external beam radiation therapy?
External beam therapy is a method for targeting and delivering a beam of high-energy X-rays to
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What types of radiation therapies are used for treating breast cancer?
There are three types of radiation therapy that your doctor may recommend for treatment:
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Why is radiation therapy used to treat breast cancer?
As with chemotherapy, there are three basic reasons for radiation therapy. These are to:
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What are the categories of hormone therapy drugs?
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How is radiation therapy (radiotherapy) used to treat breast cancer?
Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) is the careful use of high-energy radiation to kill
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How is breast cancer treated with hormone therapy?
The general objective of all hormone therapy is to block or remove the effects that your
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