What Is a Lumpectomy? A Breast Cancer Surgeon Explains
In this video, oncologist and surgeon Jaime Alberty-Oller, MD, explains what a lumpectomy is and how it helps treat breast cancer.
“Most women [who] are diagnosed with breast cancer will have surgery at some point during their treatment,” says Jaime Alberty-Oller, MD, breast cancer oncologist and surgeon at the Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Lumpectomies are a type of breast surgery where, instead of removing all of the breast tissue, a portion of the breast is removed. The surgeon will remove the cancer, as well as a rim of normal tissue surrounding it, which is called the margin. Learn more about different types of breast cancer surgery.
- Jaime Alberty, MDDr. Alberty is a surgical breast oncologist at the Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital.
References
American Cancer Society. (2021). Breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy).
National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). NCI dictionary of cancer terms: lumpectomy.
Sabel, M.S. (2023). Breast conserving surgery. UpToDate.