A double mastectomy is a bigger operation that is associated with more complications and a more difficult recovery. In addition, most women went on to havebreast reconstructionas well. Women might also still need to undergo chemotherapy or radiation therapy after their surgery – treatments that are...
women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast, even in the early stages, sometimes opt for a double mastectomy, due to the fear that the cancer will migrate to the other breast. but that decision may not offer any real benefit in terms of survival, ...
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast, even in the early stages, sometimes opt for a double mastectomy, due to the fear that the cancer will migrate to the other breast. But that decision may not offer any real benefit in terms of survival, an exhaustive new study of ...
Defying Doctors, More Women With Breast Cancer Choose Double MastectomiesMore women with breast cancer in one breast are choosing double mastectomies, even when a single mastectomy, a lumpectomy or radiation might be medically preferable, raising concerns among oncologists and surgeons.Lucette Lagnado...
Mandel, William M.Soviet Women. New York: Anchor Press, 1975. A readable study, with a good bibliography, particularly of Soviet sources. The factual information is generally reliable, although the author’s interpretations of it tend to idealise the situation of Soviet women. ...
Double Mastectomy May Benefit Some Women with Inherited Breast Cancer; Study Found Procedure Might Cut Risk of Death in Half for Those with Certain Genetic... B Goodman 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Breast reconstruction following subcutaneous mastectomy for cancer: a critical appraisal of the nipple-areola...
All assessed dysfunctions were more common among these young women with breast cancer in comparison with women in the Dutch population. Particularly, early menopause and hormone therapy caused long-term occurence of genital arousal disorder. Radical mastectomy caused long-term occurrence of female ...
19 Katariya validated their breast volume measurement method by comparing mammographic estimated volumes with actual breast volumes, measured in 15 patients in whom mastectomy had been performed. This mammographic breast volume estimation methodology has also been used by Kato et al in 1995.6 For the...
In this large population-based study of breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy, risks of breast cancer death and nonbreast cancer mortality were lower in women with implants than in women without implants, after adjustment for potential confounders. Postmastectomy breast implants were used by ...
Women with breast cancer who are offered rapid genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations—and who are able to receive their genetic test results prior to selecting treatment—were more likely to choose to have a bilateral (double) mastectomy, a Unive