Losing your breasts comes with a lot of baggage. After Angelina Jolie announced her preventative double mastectomy in 2013, women increasingly sought breast cancer screenings, gene testing and ...

If you receive a breast cancer diagnosis, your healthcare provider may recommend a mastectomy alongside other treatments like radiation or chemotherapy. If you have a high cancer risk because of gene ...

Olivia Munn, who underwent a double mastectomy for her breast cancer in 2023, shared video from the surgery in a candid social media post.

Women diagnosed with breast cancer are almost immediately confronted with treatment decisions. If a surgical oncologist gave a choice between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy to remove a tumor, that's ...

The robot was cleared by the FDA a few months ago to perform the delicate surgery that avoids skin and preserves the nipple.

While mastectomy is often a necessary and life-saving treatment option for many women with breast cancer, the surgery may contribute to worse sexual health, body image, and several other physical and ...

Surgery is an important part of breast cancer treatment. Most people have a lumpectomy or mastectomy at some point after their diagnosis. When the cancer hasn't spread, surgery combined with ...

A groundbreaking study published in JAMA Oncology in 2024 has upended traditional thinking surrounding breast cancer surgery. This expansive study, which tracked over 661,000 women over the course of ...

More physicians are discussing hormone replacement therapy with breast cancer survivors when menopause hits.

There is a promising shift toward nonsurgical treatment strategies in early breast cancer, as clinicians aim to reduce harm ...

Cheri Oteri revealed that she underwent breast cancer surgery and had Jill Biden in her corner for her health journey. Oteri was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, an early form of breast cancer ...