Decreasing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy rates in average-risk women with unilateral breast cancer

.Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) is not recommended for average-risk women with breast cancer due to lack of evidence for survival benefit, yet recent studies demonstrate increasing CPM rates.

Source: American Journal of Surgery - March 24, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Hannah Kapur, Rebecca Warburton, Jin-Si Pao, Carol Dingee, Leo Chen, Elaine McKevitt Source Type: research