Can You Hear Me? Women and Their Doctors Talking About Surgery to Prevent Breast Cancer
Mark E. Robson, M.D.
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Posted 02.10.2013
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Healthy Living
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Prophylactic Mastectomies,
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Breast Cancer Genetic Mutations,
Breast Cancer Mastectomy,
Bilateral Mastectomies,
Brca1 Gene,
Breast Cancer Mastectomies,
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BRCA1 Breast Cancer,
Breast Cancer Genetics,
Breast Cancer Surgery,
Breast Cancer Lumpectomy,
Breast Cancer Treatment,
Genetic Mutations Breast Cancer,
Breast Cancer Risk,
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Women with breast cancer should be helped to clearly understand what can and cannot be achieved by prophylactic bilateral mastectomy and the potentially significant risks of the procedure. Doctors, in turn, should accept that a reduction in fear is a worthwhile goal in cancer treatment.
