Treatment usually involves a lumpectomy or mastectomy to surgically remove the tumour. There is no evidence that mastectomy decreases the risk of death over a lumpectomy. Radiation therapy is usually recommended for all patients who had lumpectomy, quadrant-resection. To save her breast, she opted for a lumpectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation. After a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation treatment and tamoxifen, she has remained cancer-free. She had a lumpectomy, and radiation, but declined to undergo chemotherapy. Following a lumpectomy and five months of chemotherapy, she made a complete recovery. The extent of excision is variable, ranging from lumpectomy to quadrantectomy. A pathologist analyzes the margin excised by the lumpectomy to detect any possible cancer cells. Radiation is usually used in conjunction with the lumpectomy to prevent future recurrence. She underwent a lumpectomy in November 2010 and recovered. As a result, she had to undergo a lumpectomy and radiation therapy. If a lumpectomy is used it is often combined with radiation therapy. The radiation treatment can last five to seven weeks following the lumpectomy. This is basically due to the removal of tissue during the lumpectomy operation.