A new study has shown that a preventative mastectomy of a healthy breast does not extend the life of breast cancer patients. Many women who have breast cancer choose to have a mastectomy of the breast that had the cancerous tumor, but some also have the healthy breast removed as well as a prophylactic measure. […]
Fear of cancer recurrence most commonly drives women to choose double mastectomy as a preventative measure when they still have one healthy breast, but according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) the surgery is usually unnecessary. The study, from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, […]
