When Lisa Taft Sylvester learned she had the BRCA2 gene in 2021 — and that her lifetime risk of developing breast cancer could be as high as 80 percent — getting a preventative double mastectomy was a ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Radiation oncologists can feel confident offering hypofractionated treatment regimens to treat breast cancer in patients who are planning breast reconstruction after mastectomy, ...

Only about two of the nearly 57 women who undergo breast removal annually due to cancer are opting for reconstruction at Kenyatta National Hospital. Out of 312 women who had breast removal called ...

Breast reconstruction after a mastectomy can be physically and emotionally difficult. It’s made worse when the results aren't right. You might be unhappy with your breast reconstruction after a ...

The development of anaplastic large-cell lymphomas is a rare, but established, risk of post-mastectomy implant-based breast reconstruction. In this study, breast implants after mastectomy were also ...

Kathy Bates is getting candid about her cancer journey. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 at age 64 and undergoing a double mastectomy, the American Horror Story alum opted not to have ...

"The level of trauma I think is really gonna be difficult for me," said the 'Getting Organized with the Home Edit' star Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

PEC I and II nerve blocks enable breast cancer surgeries with deep sedation, avoiding general anesthesia's side effects like ...

“I looked at them and I cried in a way that I don't think I've ever cried in my life," the actress recalled Olivia Munn revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer and ...

With breast implants after double mastectomy, woman fears new cancer risk. Jan. 28, 2011— -- After hearing reports that breast implants may be linked to a rare form of cancer in some women, Susan ...