APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lumpectomy (lum-PEK-tuh-me) is surgery to remove cancer or other abnormal tissue from your breast. During a lumpectomy procedure, the surgeon removes the cancer or other abnormal tissue and a small amount of the healthy tissue that surrounds it. This ensures that all of the abnormal tissue is removed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mastectomy is breast cancer surgery that removes the entire breast. A mastectomy might be done: When a woman cannot be treated with breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), which saves most of the breast. If a woman chooses mastectomy over breast-conserving surgery for personal reasons.

Detailed explanation-3: -Breast conserving surgery is treatment to remove an area of cancer from the breast. Doctors also call this type of surgery a wide local excision or lumpectomy. The surgeon removes the area of cancer and some of the surrounding breast tissue. They leave behind as much normal breast tissue as possible.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lumpectomy Lumpectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the cancer or other abnormal tissue from the breast. In this procedure, only a portion of the breast is removed, and a small amount of normal tissue around the lump also is taken to ensure the cancer and any other abnormal tissue is removed.