Mar 11
As I was persuing the New York Times March 9th, I came across an article discussing an increasing trend towards women with breast cancer wanting to remove their other healthy breast (prophylactic mastectomy). As a breast surgeon it is not only important to give women with breast cancer all of their surgical options, but to understand the emotional and psychological aspects of their decision making process. While it is true that removing a healthy breast in a woman diagnosed with breast cancer does not impact overall survival, there are many other issues at play that can be addressed by prophyalctic surgery.
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