Breast Cancer Surger Center of MD

Breast Pain	Breast pain, which is not caused by either a focal lesion, such as a cyst, or focal mastitis generally falls into one of three categories...
Fibroadenomas	Fibroadenoma of the breast is a common benign lesion, affecting women during their reproductive years. Despite there benignity, they can cause physical deformity due to large size and may produce discomfort or emotional distress in afflicted individuals.
Fibrocystic Condition	Many women want to know the cause of fibrocystic condition. In general, fibrocystic condition is a result of the multiple menstrual cycles modern women experience. Women in more primitive cultures experienced about 100 menstrual cycles in their lifetime.
Use of MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the breast has been used increasingly for the detection and evaluation of breast cancer since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration 13 years ago.
New Gene Test Can Predict Breast Cancer Response to Chemotherapy	A commercially available genetic test reliably predicts the magnitude of chemotherapy benefit in women with estrogen receptor-positive, lymph node- negative breast cancer – potentially enabling tens of thousands of women per year to safely avoid the toxicities and expense of adjuvant chemotherapy.