Breast cancer patient education
Surgery guide
Mastectomy
This guide will help prepare you for your mastectomy surgery and axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy. It also has information about what will happen on the day of surgery and your care after the operation.
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Lumpectomy
This guide will help prepare you for your lumpectomy. It also has information about axillary lymph node dissection surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy surgery. This guide explains what will happen on the day of surgery and your care after surgery.
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Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
This guide will give you information about Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS), how DCIS is diagnosed, what are your treatment options, outcomes and follow-up care, and who to call if you have questions.
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About breast cancer
- Risk assessment & prevention
- Types of breast cancer
- How is it diagnosed?
- Surgery and after surgery
- Your treatment plan
- Stages of breast cancer
- Types of treatment tests
- Type of treatment therapies
- After treatment
- Survivorship issues
- Glossary of terms
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