 Hi, I'm Dr. Ashwin Rajgopal. I'm the consultant surgical oncologist at Manipal Hospital, Whitefield. This is one of the most common myths which is associated with cancer treatment which is not true. There are different types of treatments for cancer. First is surgery, second is chemotherapy and third is radiation therapy. People consider all these type of treatments to be worse than cancer which is not true. When I tell any person they need to undergo surgery, they take it in a negative way. But I can assure you that with better forms of treatment, now it is in fact shown that for breast cancer, it is not necessary to remove the entire breast. If the patient comes early, we can save the breast, we can perform what is called as breast conservation surgery where the women can no need to undergo removal of the breast. Everybody thought surgery is mutilating which is not true. Now with better treatment options, now we can do surgery where we can admit the patient in the morning and we can discharge the patient in the evening. With the advent of robotic surgery and minimally invasive surgery, the patients can be treated with small cuts, with less pain and faster recovery. Most of my patients who come with early stage cancer can get back to work within a span of one week.