And some choose mastectomy because breast-conserving surgery is not available close to home. (After a lumpectomy, women must also undergo radiation treatment, which is only available in large ...

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If you do a lumpectomy and more cancer is found, then additional tissue needs to be removed if you want to continue to preserve that breast. Next: Is It Normal to Have More Than One Lumpectomy?

But does the choice of treatment — mastectomy vs breast-conserving therapy — affect patients’ risk for locoregional recurrence across molecular subtypes?