Surgical Procedures
Surgical procedures are commonly used to treat breast cancer. Breast surgery may be performed to diagnose cancer, remove all or some of the cancerous cells, reconstruct the breast, or relieve symptoms. Your care team at Texas Breast Specialists will help you determine whether breast surgery is right for you.
The following surgical procedures are offered at Texas Breast Specialists:
An axillary dissection removes lymph nodes under the arm to help your doctor determine whether breast cancer has spread.
An excisional breast biopsy surgically removes an entire tumor or abnormal area from the body.
Chest wall tumor excision is the surgical removal of a tumor on the chest wall, which can develop from any soft tissue or bony structure in the chest cavity cage that holds the heart, lungs, and other vital organs.
A lumpectomy, or breast-conserving surgery (BCS), removes the cancerous tissue while leaving as much breast tissue as possible.
Mastectomy is surgical removal of an entire breast to treat breast cancer.
A port is a small medical appliance surgically installed beneath the skin to deliver medicine, blood products, nutrients, fluids, and chemotherapy drugs into the bloodstream.
Intraductal papilloma is a small, benign tumor that forms in a milk duct in the breast. The tumor and affected milk duct are typically removed by surgery under general anesthesia.
Radical excision of metastatic lesions involves surgery to remove breast cancer that spread outside the breast along with surrounding healthy tissue.
Breast reconstructive surgery rebuilds the shape and appearance of a woman’s breast following surgery to treat breast cancer.
During a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), doctors identify, remove, and examine the sentinel lymph node for breast cancer cells.
A wire localized excisional breast biopsy involves removal of a tumor or abnormal tissue that is found on breast imaging (mammogram, ultrasound, or MRI).