RADICAL mastectomy, long the standard and generally ... The most recent figures (1949–1953) show 74 per cent survived for five years as contrasted with 62 per cent in the earlier series.

Women who have a very high risk of developing breast cancer may choose to have a risk-reducing procedure, commonly referred to as a prophylactic mastectomy. You may be more likely to get breast cancer ...

But after the mastectomy and reconstruction my body was a horror show. I didn’t want my children or partner to see quite how gruesome I looked. Surgery was long and complicated (the two halves ...

Inside Edition’ reporter Alison Hall says Olivia Munn deciding to share her cancer diagnosis helped save her life ...

Mastectomy may or may not be followed by radiation ... By definition, five-year statistics cannot show the effects of treatments introduced in less than five years. More regional TNBC recurrence ...

From the warmth of a hug to sexual arousal, modern medicine is just beginning to appreciate the various functions of the breast as well as how lack of sensation post-mastectomy can alter the lives ...

A 'beloved' mother-of-four's life has changed forever after undergoing a double-mastectomy due to doctors missing her cancer. Serena Russo, 54, of Worthing, West Sussex, discovered a small lump ...

Swan Gallet / Getty Kim Kardashian, Kim Jones and Linda Evangalista, pictured at a New York fashion show last year Speaking ... I opted for a bilateral mastectomy," she explained.