While preparing for a double mastectomy surgery to treat breast cancer, Lynn Simoncini discovered seat belts would be painful for her surgery incision and chemotherapy port, which are nestled under ...

Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have long shown that the complete removal of both breasts doesn’t improve survival. New data from a ...

It can be devastating to be given a breast cancer diagnosis. Once the shock wears off, most patients want to do what they can to raise their odds of survival, torpedoing the chances they’ll ever go ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a safety communication to healthcare providers about the use of robotically assisted surgical devices for mastectomy and other cancer-related ...

When facing a breast cancer diagnosis, many patients instinctively pursue the most aggressive treatment path available, believing it offers the best chance for survival. This often leads women to ...

Susan Derwin saw a call coming in. She had turned 60 that day, but this would not be a celebratory message. It was her doctor's office calling, with results from her routine screening mammogram.