Tissue testing during breast cancer lumpectomies

(Mayo Clinic) Unique laboratory testing during breast cancer lumpectomies to make sure surgeons remove all cancerous tissue spares patients the need for a repeat lumpectomy in roughly 96 percent of cases at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, a success rate much higher than the rate nationally, a Mayo study shows.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news