Most breast cancer surgery takes place in an outpatient setting and the anesthesia used is mainly intravenous.

An anti anxiety medication is first injected and followed by a short acting narcotic and a sedative which causes moderate to deep sleep depending on...

Hereditary breast cancer is identified with the BRCA 1 and 2 mutations. Ancestry is importance and an exploration of the maternal and paternal  history of diseases. 

Dr. Smith explains that a woman's personal hormonal history -- age of menarche, and menopause, childbearing and breast feeding reflect estrogen exposure can be as...

Women who have a family history of ovarian cancer or a BRCA 1 or 2 gene mutation are candidates for prophylactic removal of the ovaries and Fallopian tubes.

This does prevent ovarian cancer, but, there is the small risk of developing primary...

The aim of surgery is to remove all of the cancer in the breast. The initial pioneering operation was a quadrantectomy.

This proved to be very successful but was a deforming operation. Excellent cosmetic results are now expected with lumpectomy, which is a...

Fibroids are a common benign condition which usually doesn't require treatment. 

Dr. Jacoby describes the symptoms and indications for hysterectomy and also about uterine artery emobolization, a method of shrinking fibroids in women who have completed childbearing.

Interviewee:

Alison Jacoby, MD, Associate Professor...

Fibroids are a common benign condition which usually don't require treatment. 

Dr. Jacoby describes the symptoms and indications for hysterectomy and also about uterine artery emobolization, a method of shrinking fibroids in women who have completed childbearing.

Interviewee:

Alison Jacoby, MD, Associate Professor...

Since all DCIS is not the same as regards malignant potential, Dr. Shelley Hwang describes a clinical trial that will hopefully provide some answers.

Where the DCIS contains hormone receptors, patients may be treated three months prior to surgery to monitor response to...

Hormone therapy is used in all stages of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. The success of five years of Tamoxifen in post menopausal women has been augmented by the addition of Aromatase inhibitors.

In this video, Dr. Hope Rugo describes the randomized clinical trials designed...

Hormone therapy is a standard treatment for both early-stage and metastatic breast cancer. New studies show that extending the duration of treatment in post-menopausal women beyond the standard five years may reduce cancer recurrence and improve survival.

In this video, Dr. Hope Rugo discusses...

Most women who have cancer can save their breast with a lumpectomy, followed by radiation therapy.

Dr. Deborah Axelrod, a...

Besides BRCA 1 and 2 mutations, there are other factors which increase a woman's risk of developing a breast or ovarian cancer.

It is important to seek out health professionals, genetic counselors or doctors who are qualified to identify these and...

Anne Moore is an oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer, often seeing her patients for many years past their diagnosis and treatment.

Survivorship is high, so patients are followed over the long-term, often to allay their fears of recurrence and to monitor their health status.

This follow-up...

Breast conservation consists of a lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy. In the standard approach, X ray treatment is administered five days a week for 5-6 weeks. Some women cannot work this out and need to have a mastectomy.

Dr. Alvarado describes who is a candidate for a multi-institutional trial called...

Being a breast surgeon has been exciting over the past several decades, not only because we can do smaller operations like a lumpectomy and accomplish natural looking reconstructions when breast removal is needed, but, we can also prevent disease- the highest goal in medicine....

Two breast surgeons, Dr. Beth Siegel and Dr. Deborah Axelrod, talk about what it is like to break the news to a woman that she has breast cancer.

Most women first react with fear of losing a breast...

Ovarian cancer is rare and usually discovered at a late stage. The signs and symptoms are subtle and not dissimilar from other abdominal or pelvic complaints.

The key is that they are persistent.

In this video, Elizabeth Poynor, MD,...