Combining the two procedures allows for the removal of breast tissue and rebuilding the breast immediately, instead of doing ...

While mastectomy is often a necessary and life-saving treatment option for many women with breast cancer, the surgery may ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, according to the American Cancer Society, in this year alone more than 316,000 US women are projected to be diagnosed with an invasive ...

More breast cancer survivors are choosing not to reconstruct their chests after mastectomy and going flat instead. Why it matters: The shift reflects a cultural change in how survivors define recovery ...

Angelina Jolie is looking back on her personal decision to undergo a double mastectomy and ovary removal. “I did choose to ...

Those are my choices. I don’t say everybody should do it that way, but it’s important to have the choice. And I don’t regret ...

The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is spotlighting new research that reinforces the vital role of massage therapy in supporting recovery for individuals with breast cancer. During Breast ...

Breast cancer surgery no longer always means large scars or a drastically different body. Advances such as minimal-scar ...

Angelina Jolie has opened up about undergoing a double mastectomy and having her ovaries removed after discovering she ...

A patient of jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson did not have a proper mastectomy, an inquest has heard. Former traffic warden Phyllis Colfer, 67, died of carcinomatosis and breast cancer at a nursing ...

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 ...