mastectomy
Young women at high genetic risk of breast cancer
Young women with a family history of breast cancer may feel that they should be tested as early as possible.
Study indicates women with breast cancer may misjudge effects of mastectomy
Whether women got only a mastectomy or also reconstruction, they experienced more breast numbness afterwards than they had expected.
Genetic test could help those at risk of breast cancer
The new test would be able to give women more options in terms of treatment for the disease.
Double mastectomy may negatively affect employment: study
The study found that women who opted for a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction missed more than a month of work or stopped altogether.
Mastectomy recovery can be aided by acupuncture
Acupuncture after mastectomy is not only feasible, it also appears to decrease patients' symptoms of pain, nausea etc.
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