If they remove both breasts, it’s called a bilateral mastectomy or a double mastectomy ... This surgery is also called a simple mastectomy. Modified radical mastectomy This surgery combines a total ...

The women had one of four procedures: total (simple) mastectomy ... and colleagues determined that having bilateral mastectomy substantially reduced the risk of developing cancer.

The procedure, a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy, removes the breasts when there is no cancer present. It's a drastic preemptive strike against the disease for women considered to be "high risk." ...

In hopes of avoiding future disease, some women at very high risk of developing breast cancer elect to have both breasts surgically removed, a procedure called bilateral prophylactic mastectomy or ...

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 ...

Yet bilateral mastectomy rates are still climbing at a ... rarely recommend them but rather push their patients toward a simple lumpectomy plus radiation. The procedure is much less invasive ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window SAN ANTONIO -- Bilateral mastectomy as initial treatment for women with breast cancer and a pathogenic BRCA1 variant ...

Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have long shown that the complete removal of both breasts doesn’t improve survival. New data from ...

Finally, a reason to check your email. Sign up for our free newsletter today. Surgeons refer to this procedure as a bilateral mastectomy—typically performed as a treatment for breast cancer. As a ...

What is the risk of recurrent breast cancer in a BRCA-positive woman after bilateral mastectomy? Is there any evidence that low-dose HRT increases the risk? —John Foster, MD, Taos, N.M. The risk ...

“A lot of patients feel like they should have a bigger operation, but we’ve never seen a survival benefit from a bilateral mastectomy. Never, ever.” Brian Czerniecki, MD, a surgical ...