Most breast cancer patients who had healthy breast removed at peace with decision

Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 00:33 in Health & Medicine

More women with cancer in one breast are opting to have both breasts removed to reduce their risk of future cancer. New research shows that in the long term, most have no regrets. Researchers surveyed hundreds of women with breast cancer who had double mastectomies between 1960 and 1993 and found that nearly all would make the same choice again.

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