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News · 11-28-2012, 04:10 AM

About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis do so despite a very low risk of facing cancer in the healthy breast, new research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds.

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11-28-2012, 04:10 AM	#1
News Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 20,143	Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy does not reduce breast cancer recurrence About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis do so despite a very low risk of facing cancer in the healthy breast, new research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds. More...