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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Carla K. Johnson

More breast cancer patients can choose smaller surgery

(C) Odessa American

Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests.

In recent years, more patients with multiple tumors have been identified, a result of more sensitive imaging techniques that can reveal tiny, once-hidden cancers. That means more patients are being diagnosed with multiple cancer sites in the same breast.

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