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Breast cancer surgeons in India

Breast cancer surgeons in India provides treatment to patients with very good success rate for past recent years. These surgeons in India are highly qualified from the U.S. and U.K. and are in surgery field for past fifteen years which makes them expert of breast cancer surgery field. The goal of breast cancer surgery is to remove localized cancer by removing the tumor itself and a portion of surrounding tissue, while conserving as much of the breast as possible. Breast cancer surgeons in India perform the surgery in India’s best surgery hospitals with most advanced treatment facilities, you can get details here: Treatment Facilities. Breast cancer surgery is provided in cancer surgery centers of most prominent cities of India at Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. The cost of treatment provided in India is very less compared to that of the cost of same treatment provided in cancer surgery centers of other developed countries. This low cost of treatment doesn’t affect the quality standard of treatment as it is just because of the low cost of Indian rupee in international currency market.

The selection of an expert surgeon is very important for getting safe surgical treatment in India. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that starts from cells of the breast. A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that may invade surrounding tissues or spread to distant areas of the body. The disease occurs almost entirely in women, but men can get it too. Breast cancer is often treated with a surgery or it can be treated with chemotherapy and hormone therapy. An operation to remove the cancer but not the breast is breast cancer surgery. It is also called breast-conserving surgery, lumpectomy, segmental mastectomy, and partial mastectomy. Sometimes an excision biopsy serves as a lumpectomy because the surgeon removes the whole lump. The surgeon often removes the underarm lymph nodes as well. A separate incision is made. This procedure is called an axillary lymph node dissection. It shows whether cancer cells have entered the lymphatic system. After breast cancer surgery, most women receive radiation therapy to the breasts. This treatment destroys cancer cells that remain in the breasts. An operation to remove the breast is mastectomy. In most cases, the surgeon also removes lymph nodes under the arm. Some women have radiation therapy after the surgery. After treatment is completed, it is very important to go to all scheduled follow-up appointments. During these appointments, your doctors will ask questions about any symptoms and may do physical exams and order lab tests or imaging tests as needed to look for recurrences or side effects. Almost any cancer treatment can have side effects. Some may last for a few weeks to several months, but others can be permanent. You should never hesitate to tell your doctor or other members of your cancer care team about any symptoms or side effects that trouble you. Once you have selected an expert breast cancer surgeon, half of the work is considered to be done as the expertness of surgeon is the most important requirement for safe surgery as the surgery is very complex and could be safely performed by expert surgeons.

Medical tourism in India provides very good assistance to international patients coming to India for their low cost and safe surgical treatment in India. After patients’ arrival in India everything they require is taken care by medical tourism in India. Breast cancer surgeons in India are now days providing treatment to patients with best treatment facilities and at very low cost. You can see this cost difference between India and other developed countries for different treatment procedures here: Cost Comparison. The most recommended destinations for cancer surgery in India are Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, and Bangalore having the recent developed techniques for cancer surgery field.

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