WHAT IS BREAST SURGERY?

Breast surgery includes all surgical procedures and surgical interventions to diagnose, treat, and remove benign (noncancerous) and malignant (cancerous) tumors of the breast, including:

  • Fine-needle aspiration
  • Core-needle biopsy
  • Stereotactic biopsy
  • Open biopsy (surgical biopsy)
  • Sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy
  • Lymph node surgery
  • Axillary lymph node dissection
  • Wire-localized excisions
  • Breast-conserving surgery
  • Lumpectomy
  • Partial (segmental) mastectomy or quadrantectomy
  • Simple mastectomy
  • Mastectomy
  • Modified radical mastectomy
  • Radical mastectomy
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery

If you have surgery for cancer of the breast, the procedure can be used to remove all cancer. To stage the tumor, We perform breast surgical procedures (sentinel lymph node biopsy) to determine whether cancer has spread (or metastasized) to the lymph nodes under the arm(s).

Breast surgery also can be used to restore the shape and size of the breast at the time of or after a mastectomy and address some symptoms of advanced cancer.

 

What makes our Breast Care special?

Piedmont Athens Regional has the most advanced imaging options, technical and surgical expertise, and state-of-the-art device technologies to deliver the highest standard of comprehensive support and surgical care for all stages of breast cancer.

  • We will see you within 48 hours of your initial phone call
  • We offer minimally invasive biopsies at our breast center with prompt lab results
  • We offer rehabilitation services, including physical therapy, prosthesis referral, and lymphedema referral
  • We have local Oncologist that can offer adjuvant therapy, including chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiation therapy
  • We have caring and compassionate team
  • All of our services are offered in Athens Georgia

We understand that managing breast cancer can be overwhelming. For this reason, our breast center has outstanding breast health educational services to help ensure you get the coordinated and timely access to surgical breast care you need to protect your health.

We can also coordinate genetic counseling services.