Tech Times : reported that Rate Of Double Mastectomy Rises In US Women With Early Stage Cancer In One Breast

Researchers, however, have found an increase in contralateral mastectomy among women whose early stage cancer only affects one breast. Double Mastectomy Rate Higher In The United States Than In Other CountriesThe researcher also said that the rate in the United States is higher compared with that in other countries. She was diagnosed with the BRCA-1 cancer gene that mutation that causes breast cancer, and she had a double mastectomy, so that was covered widely in the media." The American Society of Breast Surgeons, in fact, issued a statement last year in a bid to discourage women diagnosed with one-sided breast cancer but without genetic risk for the disease from getting double or contralateral mastectomy. AdvertisementIn women who have cancer in one breast, removing both breasts is not necessarily helpful.

Removal of Healthy Breast Increasing in Cancer Patients

When looking at breast cancer patients of all ages in 2012, only 13% opted to have the healthy breast removed with the cancerous one; but that's still a major increase from 4.5% in 2004. Or maybe patients just don't believe doctors when they say removing a healthy breast doesn't significantly reduce their risk of developing breast cancer a second time. So, it's unclear why breast cancer patients are increasingly choosing to go that route. The New York Times reports there's no evidence that removing a healthy breast will reduce a person's chances of dying from breast cancer in the future. (Newser) – In 2004, one in 10 American women under the age of 45 with cancer in one breast opted to have the second, healthy breast removed as well.

U.S. Rates Of Double-Mastectomies For Breast Cancer Vary By State

When women have breast cancer in one breast, having both breasts removed usually isn't helpful, experts say. For example, only 2 percent to 3 percent of women in the UK with cancer in one breast have the other breast removed, too, compared to 13.5 percent in the U.S. (Reuters Health) - The likelihood that U.S. women with early-stage cancer in one breast will have both breasts removed varies depending on where they live, a new study shows. They found that while the highest rates of double breast removals were generally clustered in the Midwest, the highest rates of breast reconstruction afterward were generally clustered in the Northeast. The researchers also looked at the proportion of women undergoing reconstructive surgery after having both breasts removed.


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