More elect double mastectomy as treatment option

Double mastectomies. The number of U.S. women with invasive cancer in one breast choosing double mastectomy as their treatment option tripled from 2002 to 2012, despite the procedure promising no improvement in long-term survival, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health. A 2016 analysis found that approximately one in eight women with cancer in one breast now get both breasts removed, and that number increases to one in four for women younger than 55, STAT reported. Women in the…
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