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Breast Cancer:
Preventive Mastectomy
In hopes of avoiding future disease, some women at very high risk of
developing breast cancer elect to have both breasts surgically removed,
a procedure called bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. The surgery aims
to remove all breast tissue that potentially could develop breast
cancer. Preventive breast cancer surgery also may be considered if a
woman has already had breast cancer and is therefore at increased risk
for developing the disease again in either breast.
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/46/1662_52447
A radical idea, but it makes sense.
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