News tagged with prophylactic mastectomy
More Women Choosing to Remove Healthy Breast after Cancer Diagnosis
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An increasing number of women diagnosed with cancer in one breast are opting to have their healthy breast surgically removed, according to a recent study of New York State data. The study also finds that, ...
More women with early-stage breast cancer choosing double mastectomies
Apr 09, 2009 |
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A University of Minnesota cancer surgeon and researcher has found a dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with the earliest stage of breast cancer choosing to have both breasts surgically removed.
Women with breast cancer family history may cut their risk through regular workout
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A new federally funded University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study aims to learn whether women at high risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce their risk of getting the disease. Building on evidence ...
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Second breast cancer may be greater than thought for high-risk women without BRCA mutations
May 05, 2008 |
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A preliminary analysis of ongoing research suggests that high-risk women with breast cancer who do not have a BRCA1/2 mutation may face a greater chance for developing a second breast cancer than previously thought. With ...
MRI's high false positive rate has little impact on women's choice of preventive mastectomy
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) falsely detects breast cancer in five out of every six positive scans according to new research into the use of MRI for women with a high, inherited risk of developing the disease. However, ...
Mutation of BRCA gene influences women's views of preventive mastectomy
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Women whose cells harbor harmful mutations in the BRCA genes are likely to view preventive mastectomy as the best way to reduce their risk and fears of developing breast cancer, despite other, less drastic options available. ...
More women choosing preventive double mastectomies
Oct 23, 2009 |
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When health care worker Kathy Hajopoulos decided in 2006 to remove both her breasts when she was diagnosed with cancer in one, she became part of a growing class of women making that same decision.
Younger breast cancer patients have greater chance of recurrence
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Breast cancer patients 35 years old and younger have higher rates of their cancer returning after treatment than older women patients with the same stage of cancer, and their risk of recurrence is greatly impacted by the ...
More women under 40 choosing double mastectomy to prevent recurrence of cancer
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Women with breast cancer who are under the age of 40 and who have women surgeons are more likely to opt to have their healthy breasts removed to prevent recurrence, a University of Minnesota study has found.
Plastic surgeons offer microsurgery technique for breast reconstruction, tummy tuck after mastectomy
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too.
Study examines mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery rates
Oct 13, 2009 |
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There is concern that mastectomy is over-utilized in the United States, which raises questions about the role of surgeons and patient preference in treatment selection for breast cancer. New data from an observational study ...
Second lumpectomy for breast cancer reduces survival rates
Oct 02, 2008 |
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A majority of women with breast cancer today are candidates for lumpectomy, allowing for conservation of most of their breast tissue. Results of a UC Davis study, however, show that a number of women whose cancer recurs in ...
Breast asymmetry after cancer treatment affects quality of life, study finds
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Most women with breast cancer assume that surgery to preserve their breast will be less disfiguring than a mastectomy that removes the entire breast.
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