Breast saving surgery can be as affective as mastectomy - just more difficult to complete

The L.A. Times always does such a great job with these stories.  You will find versions of this throughout mainstream media this weekend:

Breast-conserving cancer surgery often needs to be repeated

By Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles Times

July 13, 2012, 9:34 a.m.

One in five women who undergo breast-conserving surgery for cancer instead of a mastectomy require a second operation within three months, British researchers reported this week. The survival rates for breast-conserving surgery combined with radiation and for mastectomy are about the same, but the need for a second operation can introduce extra anxiety for the patient, as well as additional cost. The need for a reoperation was most common for women with ductal carcinoma in situ, a form of cancer whose edges are very difficult to define for removal of the tumor.

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Feel good and keep smiling!  Pat