Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What you need to know about mastectomiesYou've likely heard the term "mastectomy" at some point, and may even know someone who has ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland Clinic has become the first hospital in Ohio and among the first in the country to perform a robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy procedure following recent U.S. Food and Drug ...

There are a number of options for women when they learn they have breast cancer in its earliest stages, when the tumor is relatively small and has not yet spread. Each option is similarly effective ...

Surgeons removed both breasts and performed reconstructions with implants. While adjusting to her new body took time, the ...

A mastectomy is a surgical procedure that typically removes the entire breast to treat breast cancer or prevent breast cancer in people who have a high risk of it. In most cases, the nipple and areola ...

Emily Hardaker found out she had a faulty gene that increased her risk of developing breast cancer.

In this op-ed, Dr. Anne Peled, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon practicing aesthetic, reconstructive, and breast cancer surgery in San Francisco, discusses how the prospect of breast numbness ...

A mastectomy is the removal of a cancerous breast during surgery, right? Well, sort of. The word actually contains a lot of different aspects, from variations in breast surgery to what stages and ...

Three years ago, Crystal Collum was 37 years old with three kids at home, “kind of just trucking through life” in Columbia, S.C., when she felt a lump on her breast while showering. She didn’t ...

In this analysis, researchers explored patterns of surgical care and factors associated with undergoing bilateral mastectomy as primary breast surgery.

The number of breast cancer patients in South Korea continues to rise. According to the National Cancer Registration ...