Women with early-stage cancer in one breast are increasingly choosing double mastectomies — even if they are at low risk of developing breast cancer in the other, healthy breast, a new study published in JAMA found.Nearly half of women with early-stage breast cancer consider having a double mastectomy, and one in six received it."That one in six breast cancer patients chose bilateral mastectomy is really striking. We knew it was increasing, but I don’t think [...]
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