I got this from Angela of Breastfeeding 1-2-3: Leaking Breast Milk after Surgery for Breast Abscess or Lumpectomy.
Recently a reader posted a comment seeking help on the question of leaking breast milk after a lumpectomy.
This mother was nursing her one-month-old at the time of the surgery, and had had the incision glued and stitched several times in the month since, but breast milk continued to leak through the stitches.
The delay in healing was compounding the stress of the lumpectomy. One doctor recommended weaning through the use of cabbage leaves and binding the breast tightly (please read on for a discussion …read more

According to University of Florida surgeons, in about 20 percent of women with breast cancer who plan to undergo a lumpectomy, breast magnetic resonance imaging reveals important diagnostic information that alters their treatment plan.
Though nor routinely administered to breast cancer patients, MRI or magnetic resonance imaging has the following benefits:

can find additional cancerous areas in the breast that previously evaded detection
discover cancer in the opposite breast that standard imaging tests such as mammography and ultrasound missed
determine a tumor is actually larger than expected

Whatever is found from the MRI totally alters the treatment in these women with breast cancer.
According to Stephen …read more