Why more women are getting a double mastectomy
by Alexandra Sifferlin
Oct 07, 2017
2 minutes
DESPITE HAVING MORE TREATMENT options, women with cancer in one breast are increasingly choosing to remove both breasts—even though experts say the procedure does not necessarily lead to better outcomes.
A recent study published in JAMA Surgery found that the increase is driven in part by their surgeons. Doctors generally discourage contralateral prophylactic mastectomy—also known as CPM, or the removal of a healthy breast when the other has
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