Nationwide study finds breast cancer patients unaware of surgical options

(Care New England) The majority of women who underwent lumpectomy or mastectomy surgeries for breast cancer report that the scars from those surgeries negatively affect their daily lives. Yet one-third of patients said that their physician did not tell them about surgical options that minimize scarring, according to a report published recently by the journal BMC Cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news