What Is a Lumpectomy? | Breast Cancer Research Foundation

What Is a Lumpectomy? | Breast Cancer Research Foundation

BCRF shares what a lumpectomy is, why it’s performed, and what the lumpectomy recovery process is likeSurgery is often part of a breast cancer treatment plan. And for many years, the only surgical option patients had was mastectomy, which removes the entire breast. But thanks to research, an increasing number of breast cancer patients now have the option to instead undergo a less-invasive lumpectomy, wherein the surgeon removes only a portion of…