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Old 04-06-2017, 05:50 AM   #1
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Study examines interaction between patients' desire for CPM and surgeons' duty to min

More women with breast cancer are electing to have both breasts removed, even when cancer affects only one breast. The procedure, called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), is a more complex surgery that has not been shown to improve survival.

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