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Surgery for Breast Cancer

This interview covering breast cancer focuses on the latest surgical approaches for treating this disease. Topics include:

Types of breast cancer
Multi-disciplinary treatment team
Surgery: lumpectomy vs. mastectomy
Recovery time from surgery

Radiation therapy
Sentinel node biopsy
Breast reconstruction

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Guest:
Dr. Susan Kesmodel, a surgical oncologist at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

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