Arthy Yoga, MD | Source | Breast Surgical Oncologist at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Arthy Yoga, MD
Dr. Arthy Yoga is a specialist in Breast Surgical Oncology at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital.
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Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital (https://www.houstonmethodist.org/locations/willowbrook/)
Breast Surgical Oncologist
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“The contrast dye concentrates at the area of cancer, and compared to a traditional digital mammogram, we’re able to see the cancer much clearer with denser breast tissue,” Dr. Arthy Yoga, with Houston Methodist Willowbrook Breast Surgical Oncology said. “I was able to remove all of this tissue because I knew that I needed to take a wider area, and therefore, she did not need to have another surgery. She was able to recover quickly and have her radiation and get back to her life.”
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“The pathologist looks at it under the microscope and if it looks like the cancer is right on the edge of where we had cut, there’s a possibility that there could be more cancer left back in the breast that we didn’t take,” Yoga said. “That’s called a ‘positive margin’ when you have the cancer right on the edge of the cut specimen.”
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“If you have a family history, you can talk to your doctor about getting genetic testing,” Yoga said. “If there's a lot of family members with breast or ovarian cancer, that's another person who should get genetic testing and a closer survey. If they have family history of somebody getting breast cancer, then we recommended 10 years before (their) diagnosis, so if they've had cancer at 45, then we recommend at 35.”
