bilateral mastectomy

February 13, 2017

Patients with Dense Breasts Twice as Likely to Develop Cancer in Second Breast

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Breast cancer patients with dense breasts are twice as likely to develop cancer in the other breast, according to research from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The ... Read more

February 2, 2017February 2, 2017

Nearly Half of Patients Treated for Breast Cancer Experience Potent Side Effects

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Almost half women with early stage, invasive breast cancer report severe or very severe side effects from their treatment, leading to more visits to doctors and emergency rooms as well ... Read more

May 4, 2016

The Benefits of Physiotherapy for Breast Cancer Recovery

Meet Laura Murton. In this video from 2014, shared by Rethink Breast Cancer, Laura shares her story: she carried a BRCA2 mutation gene but while she was breast feeding she couldn’t have an MRI scan to see ... Read more

April 19, 2016

Patient’s Story: The Days Before and After My Mastectomy

Meet Nancy Valentino. In this video, she shares her personal story of breast cancer. Watch her speak candidly on the day before she had her mastectomy and again the day after ... Read more

September 3, 2014September 3, 2014

Breast Cancer Survival Rates No Better After Bilateral Mastectomy

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Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Cancer Prevention Institute of California have discovered that breast cancer patients treated with lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy have the same survival ... Read more