Skin-sparing mastectomy leaves skin for potential reconstruction, but the author chose not to pursue it, embracing natural asymmetry instead. Clear communication with surgeons and thorough pre-surgery ...
Jennifer Deming, 60, was diagnosed with stage II, hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer in 2020. She opted for a double mastectomy. Still, she worried about the cancer coming back. “I ...
The role of postmastectomy chest-wall irradiation in patients with breast cancer classified as pN1 (with involvement of one to three axillary nodes) or pN0 (pathologically node negative) with ...
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WASHINGTON - Breast cancer survival rates have improved over the past few decades. But for many women, survivorship comes with a lasting, and often overlooked, side effect: the loss of sensation in ...
Radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking anti-cancer drugs, a study shows. An international trial found that patients ...