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ASBS: Prophylactic Mastectomy Good Even Years Later (en inglés)
Some women who've been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have that breast and the other healthy breast removed. Removing the other healthy breast is called contralateral ...
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EBCC: Non-Mastectomy Options for BRCA Breast Cancer (en inglés)
Most inherited cases of breast cancer are associated with one of two abnormal breast cancer genes: BRCA1 (BReast CAncer gene one) and BRCA2 (BReast CAncer gene two). Women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRC...
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EBCC: Contralateral Mastectomy Fueled by Misconception (en inglés)
Some women who've been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have that breast and the other healthy breast removed. Removing the other healthy breast is called contralateral ...
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Survival Gain Seen with Prophylactic Breast Removal (en inglés)
Some women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have both breasts removed. Removing the healthy breast is called "contralateral prophylactic mastectomy." In most cases, the ...
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More Women with DCIS Opt for Double Mastectomy (en inglés)
A large study found that the number of women who decided to have both breasts removed after being diagnosed with DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in one breast more than tripled between 1998 and 2005.
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Predictive Factors Point to Benefit from Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (en inglés)
Some women who have been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in one breast choose to have that breast and the other healthy breast removed. Usually, the healthy breast is removed because of unders...
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Simultaneous breast-ovary surgery feasible (en inglés)
Women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene have a much higher than average risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. One way to lower cancer risk is to remove both the breasts (prophylactic mastectomy) a...
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Double mastectomies to prevent cancer increase (en inglés)
A large study (more than 150,000 patient histories were reviewed) found that more women chose to have both breasts removed -- even though cancer had been found in only one breast -- between 1998 and 20...
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