This preventive treatment can lower breast cancer risk by at least 90 percent, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), and research shows more and more women are turning to this method of ...

NEW YORK, July 19 (Praxis Press) Prophylactic mastectomy is a preventive option for women who wish to reduce their risk of breast cancer but the psychological and social consequences of this procedure ...

As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, here are 5 things to note about the prospect of preventive mastectomies for individuals with a high-risk of developing breast cancer. A ...

WASHINGTON, DC — The survival benefit for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among women who do not have a BRCA gene mutation is less than 1% at 20 years, a new computer model suggests. "We hope ...

The use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), the surgical removal of a breast unaffected by cancer as part of the course of treatment for breast cancer, has more than tripled from 2002 to ...