Breast cancer surgery

Breast cancer surgery

Surgical options for breast cancer treatment are breast-conserving surgery and mastectomy.

  • Breast-conserving surgery (also referred to as wide local excision or lumpectomy) entails removing the breast cancer along with an area of normal breast tissue.
  • Mastectomy involves removing the whole of the breast.

There is also surgery for lymph nodes. At times chemotherapy, hormone therapy or targeted therapy is given to patients prior to surgery.