1.   Almost a week later, my breast surgeon called me at work to say the tests came back positive for breast cancer.

2.   Breast surgeons at several hospitals are perfecting a new technique that can spare many women with newly diagnosed breast cancer the pain and complications of a major surgical procedure.

3.   Dr. Lisa Newman, a breast surgeon at M.D. Anderson, is interested in the disparities in survival rates among ethnic groups.

4.   Most breast surgeons say they have dissuaded at least a few patients from having the procedure.

5.   Not knowing what to do, I asked a breast surgeon about it.

6.   One breast surgeon, whom I call Dr. Morgue, wanted to give me a full mastectomy and breast implants.

7.   When I told my breast surgeon I was considering alternative therapy, he told me I would die within five years.