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Effectiveness of Prophylactic Mastectomy - PMC Conclusion: Prophylactic mastectomy is highly preventive against breast cancer Although further clinical studies are needed to determine the effectiveness of prophylactic mastectomies in individual indications
Surgery to Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer Fact Sheet The main type of surgery to reduce breast cancer risk is the removal of both breasts, called bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (or bilateral prophylactic mastectomy) The surgery may be a total mastectomy, in which the nipple and areola are removed, or a nipple-sparing mastectomy, which preserves the nipple and areola
Effectiveness of Prophylactic Mastectomy The goal of this presentation is to examine the effect of risk-reducing mastectomy, including breast cancer incidence, breast cancer mortality, disease-free survival, physical morbidity, and psychosocial outcomes in cohort of patients who underwent prophylactic mastectomy
Prophylactic (Preventive) Mastectomy - Johns Hopkins Medicine Prophylactic mastectomy is a preventive option for people at high risk of developing breast cancer While mastectomy is a major surgery that requires healing time and patience, the peace of mind it brings for those at high risk of breast cancer makes it a good option for preventive care There are several reconstructive options for patients who choose prophylactic mastectomy
Prophylactic Mastectomy | Susan G. Komen® Risk-reducing contralateral mastectomy A risk-reducing contralateral mastectomy (contralateral prophylactic mastectomy) is the removal of the opposite (contralateral) breast in a person who has breast cancer in only one breast It’s usually done at the same time as breast cancer surgery, so both breasts are removed during surgery
Preventive Surgery to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk A prophylactic mastectomy might be considered in two main situations For women at very high risk of breast cancer For women in this group, removing both breasts (known as a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy) before cancer is diagnosed can greatly reduce (but not eliminate) the risk of getting breast cancer
Prophylactic mastectomy for the prevention of breast cancer: Review of . . . Prophylactic mastectomy is one of the growing strategies of breast cancer risk reduction that is of a special importance for breast cancer gene mutation carriers Women with personal history of cancerous breast lesions may consider ipsilateral or contralateral mastectomy as well
A Population-Based Study of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Efficacy . . . Background Findings from several studies suggest that bilateral prophylactic mastectomy reduces breast cancer incidence by 90% or more, but the studies used highly selected patients from referral centers, and the comparison groups were not population based We studied the efficacy of bilateral