Research News on Mastectomy
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Survey: Women Happy with Prophylactic Mastectomy Choice 20 Years Later
Two surveys show that about 90% of women who decide to have contralateral prophylactic mastectomy are satisfied with their decision and would make the same decision again.
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Research on Treatment Options for Diagnosed Women with Abnormal Breast Cancer Genes
A new study found that women with an abnormal breast cancer gene had the same survival rates whether they had mastectomy or lumpectomy plus radiation. Still, women who had lumpectomy plus radiation were between 4 and 5 times more likely to develop another breast cancer in the same breast compared to women who had mastectomy, unless lumpectomy plus radiation was followed by chemotherapy.
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Some Women Who Choose Contralateral Mastectomy Overestimate Risk
A very small study suggests that women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast who are considering removing the opposite healthy breast overestimated their risk of developing breast cancer in the healthy breast. Once the women took time to carefully consider their actual risk of developing a new breast cancer, they usually decided against removing the healthy breast.
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Can Removing Other, Healthy Breast Improve Survival?
A large study found that women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer who chose to have the opposite healthy breast removed were 16% less likely to die from breast cancer in the 4 years after diagnosis than women who didn't have the healthy breast removed, but it's unclear if removing the healthy breast is the reason for the better survival.
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About Half Have Pain Problems Years After Breast Cancer Surgery
Research shows that about half of women who have breast cancer surgery have continuing pain problems a year or more after surgery.
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Women Who Choose Mastectomy Have Good Reasons for Choice
While greater numbers of women are choosing mastectomy instead of lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy to treat early-stage breast cancer, research suggests that these women have good reasons for their choice.
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Number of Women Choosing Protective Mastectomy Increases
An increasing number of women are making the decision to have prophylactic mastectomy to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
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Surgery to Remove Metastatic Breast Cancer Improves Survival
Women with metastatic breast cancer at first diagnosis who had the breast tumor (the primary tumor) removed lived twice as long as women diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer who didn't have the primary tumor removed.
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Strength Training Doesn’t Worsen Lymphedema, May Actually Help
A small study found that strength training doesn't worsen lymphedema after breast cancer surgery and actually can help reduce the symptoms associated with lymphedema as well as the risk of lymphedema flare-ups.
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Number of Women Having Double Mastectomy After DCIS Diagnosis Triples
The number of women who decided to have both breasts removed after being diagnosed with DCIS more than tripled between 1998 and 2005, but it's unclear why this increase is happening.
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