vacum assisted excision

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Has anyone had a vacumm assisted excision as a form of lumpectomy? My surgeon has now changed her opinion and says that I just need the ares of DCIS removed by vacuum excision in the mammography department and then yearly mammograms and further core biopsies as follow ups.

  • No, but I read about them in my first days researching how biopsies were done .

    From what I gathered it's just a suction force that takes them out instead of surgery , they have to be a certain size for it, 

    If  you need more info it's best to ask your team on how they will perform it , & how to care after, they should give you leaflets about it tho  , 

    X

  • Have heard of it but not familiar with the procedure.   Would need to research more to find out if it is the gold standard for treatment.  Wish I could be more help. 
    Barbara

    Barbara