More women in the U.S. are choosing to have their breasts removed for early cancers instead of breast-conserving procedures that deliver equal results, according to a new study.
I think the women made their decisions based on their perceptions of information. I wonder if they were aware of the conserving procedures that deliver equally good results. And they could have faith and confidence in the conserving procedures. If their confidence could be won, they probably wouldn't opt for removal. Thanks. From mobile.
Some patients choose Prophylactic surgery to remove their breast if they have strong deleterious mutation in the BRCA1 gene or BRCA2 gene to avoid the risk of disease in contralateral breast.
This type of risk-reducing surgeries not only reason for psychological side effects but also cause physiological side effects like surgical menopause.
I agree with you Dr Meka
Prophylactic surgery to remove both breasts (called bilateral prophylactic mastectomy) can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who have a strong family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer, who have a deleterious (disease-causing) mutation in the BRCA1 gene or the BRCA2 gene, or who have certain breast cancer-associated mutations in other genes, such as TP53 and PTEN.
Prophylactic surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes (called bilateral prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy) in premenopausal women can reduce the risks of breast cancer and ovarian cancer in women at very high risk of these diseases.
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