Double Mastectomy Doesn't Bring Better Breast Cancer Survival Rates Over Lumpectomy

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 21:20 in Health & Medicine

For breast cancer patients, there are three common surgical interventions: bilateral mastectomy (the removal of both breasts), unilateral mastectomy (the removal of the affected breast), and lumpectomy (the selective removal of cancerous tissue within the breast) plus radiation.  read more

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