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Breast Cancer

Standard Treatments

Treating Early-Stage Breast Cancer

If you have early-stage breast cancer, one common treatment available to you is a lumpectomy combined with radiation therapy. A lumpectomy is surgery that preserves a woman's breast.

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"A Health Reporter Faces Breast Cancer" [3 min 25 sec]

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Last reviewed: 08 July 2010
First published: 23 October 2003

National Institute on Aging, U.S. National Library of Medicine
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