For a simple mastectomy (also called a total mastectomy) The surgeon removes: All of the breast tissue, the skin of the breast, the nipple and the areola.
For a nipple-sparing mastectomy the surgeon removes all of the breast tissue, the nipple, the areola, and the skin of the breast is left intact.
For a skin-sparing mastectomy, the surgeon removes: all of breast tissue, the nipple, In some cases the areola.
In most of the skin over the breast is left intact.
The surgeon removes: all of the breast tissue, the skin of the breast and the nipple and the areola. The surgeon will also perform an axillary lymph node dissection.
Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) removes cancer while leaving as much normal breast as possible. Usually, some surrounding healthy tissue and lymph nodes also are removed.
The goal of oncoplastic procedures is to remove the breast cancer with negative histologic margins while preserving the contour of the breast.
The sentinel lymph nodes are the first lymph nodes to which cancer might spread.
A surgical procedure that incises the axilla, usually in order to identify, examine, or take out lymph nodes.
An Intra-dermal or sub-dermal line or access point made on the chest or arm to assist intravenous (IV) chemotherapy.
