Breast reconstruction is a deeply personal decision, and for many women it can play an important role in recovery following a mastectomy by helping restore breast shape. Yet misconceptions, limited ...

Losing your breasts comes with a lot of baggage. After Angelina Jolie announced her preventative double mastectomy in 2013, women increasingly sought breast cancer screenings, gene testing and ...

During her training as a breast surgeon, Deanna Attai, an associate professor at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine, read studies and heard mentors say that women who opted against breast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women who do not miss their breasts post-mastectomy include, clockwise from top left, Anne Sullivan, Lissa Sears, Davina ...

When you undergo a mastectomy, a large scar remains.I had my left breast removed on March 25, 2026.Before the surgery, there ...

Sensations in the chest after a mastectomy matter because they affect safety and quality of life, an expert said. Many don’t know that chest numbness after mastectomy is an unintentional, yet real, ...

An accelerated course of radiation therapy does not increase complications for patients who undergo breast reconstruction following a mastectomy, new research shows. Findings of the large, Phase III ...

About one in six women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer choose to remove their breasts with a double (or bilateral) mastectomy, according to a study published by JAMA Surgery. Aside from ...

Post-mastectomy bra marketing often leverages emotional, logical, and ethical appeals, which can steer decisions away from embodied comfort and toward externally defined “fixes.” Messaging that links ...