One or more lymph nodes may be biopsied during the surgery; increasingly the lymph node sampling is performed by a sentinel lymph node biopsy.
Standard surgeries include:
I. Mastectomy: Removal of the whole breast.
II. Quadrantectomy: Removal of one quarter of the breast.
III. Lumpectomy: Removal of a small part of the breast.
Once the tumor has been removed, if the patient desires, breast reconstruction surgery, a type of plastic surgery, may then be performed to improve the aesthetic appearance of the treated site. Alternatively, women use breast prostheses to simulate a breast under clothing, or choose a flat chest. Nipple/areola prostheses can be used at any time following the mastectomy.
Now we need to know which rank we are in now:
This is a resume of a Breast Cancer Survey carried out by the American College of Surgeons in 1978. Four hundred and