SAN ANTONIO -- Bilateral mastectomy as initial treatment for women with breast cancer and a pathogenic BRCA1 variant was not linked to better survival, according to an international analysis. Compared ...

Credit: Getty Images. The rate of contralateral breast cancer was higher in patients who underwent unilateral mastectomy and BCT than in patients who underwent bilateral mastectomy. The rate of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bilateral mastectomy reduced risk for contralateral breast cancer vs. other surgical options. Researchers ...

In the face of a breast cancer diagnosis, women grapple with life-altering decisions. Among these, the choice to undergo a bilateral breast mastectomy – the surgical removal of both breasts – stands ...

A recent study of female breast cancer survivors shows that feelings toward body image were consistently worse among those who had a bilateral mastectomy vs breast-conserving surgery. “Among younger ...

Despite a significant increase in women with unilateral breast cancer who received a bilateral mastectomy, this study found no survival benefit compared with other treatment options. Although removing ...

A double mastectomy is a surgical procedure involving the removal of both breasts, often employed to treat or prevent breast cancer in individuals at high risk of the disease. However, recent research ...

The study sample included 661,270 women; after matching, 36,028 women were included in the 3 treatment groups. HealthDay News — For women with unilateral breast cancer, the risk of contralateral ...

Training overweight/obese older women at high risk for breast cancer to use web-based weight loss tools: The HELP pilot study. Background: BRRM otherwise known as prophylactic or preventive mastectomy ...

Treating unilateral breast cancer with a bilateral mastectomy substantially reduced the risk of contralateral breast cancer compared with unilateral mastectomy or lumpectomy, yet not breast cancer ...