A new study of young women with breast cancer has found that most chose to have a mastectomy rather than a surgical procedure that would conserve the breast, researchers report at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 31-June 4, in Chicago...
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Why is the news and media making such a big deal about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy, this happens all the time to many women so why should anyone give a dam when it happens to just some hollywood actress i'm not trying to be mean or anything I just can't understand why people could bother...
JAMA Surgery Study Highlights In a study reported in the resident's forum, Linda Adepoju, M.D., of University of Toledo Medical Center, Ohio, and colleagues suggest that tumor size, cancer stage, and Medicaid insurance were predictors of undergoing a mastectomy to treat breast cancer. (Online...
Women with small early breast cancers may have a better chance of survival if they have lumpectomy plus radiation therapy than mastectomy, according to a new analysis due to be published early online in the journal Cancer this week. Although they did not determine why women who had mastectomy...
Giuliana Rancic isn't yet two weeks out of surgery for a double mastectomy, but she seems to be doing well, judging by her tweets. The 37-year-old E! Host gave her husband Bill Rancic a shout-out on Twitter today, confirming reports that she's doing well under his supervision and calling him a...
A breast cancer patient who undergoes brachytherapy has double the chance of losing her breasts compared to one who is treated with whole-breast irradiation, researchers from the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, explained at SABCS (34th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium)...
Compared with women treated with whole-breast irradiation, women treated with brachytherapy experienced a twofold increased risk for losing their breasts, according to findings presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. Benjamin D. Smith, M.D...
Few patients in Canada undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy, despite its safety as a procedure and the positive psychological benefits, states a review article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The article reviews rates of breast reconstruction and factors that influence...
A new study suggests some women needing a lumpectomy or mastectomy to treat their breast cancer have another potential option that is safe and effective, say researchers at Georgetown. They say the procedure known as a nipple sparing mastectomy is also a viable surgical option for women who...
Add Wanda Sykes to the growing ranks of those who've battled cancer. The comedian revealed in an interview on Ellen, airing Monday, that she was diagnosed with breast cancer in...
For women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer, immediate breast reconstruction has a low risk of complications-including serious complications related to radiation therapy-and does not cause undue delays in cancer treatment, reports a study in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive...
My very best friend who is 35 y/o was diagnoses with HER2 positive
breast cancer and had a mastectomy a little over a month ago. The
surgeon who performed her mastectomy told her that she did not need
radiation. The Radiational Oncologist is insisting that she does need
radiation, her second...