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News · 11-16-2007, 01:24 AM

Researchers are reporting a 150 percent increase between 1998 and 2003 in American women opting to have both breasts removed when cancer has been found in only one breast?a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM).

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11-16-2007, 01:24 AM	#1
News Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,050	More women are choosing double mastectomy even when breast cancer is confined to a si Researchers are reporting a 150 percent increase between 1998 and 2003 in American women opting to have both breasts removed when cancer has been found in only one breast?a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM). More...