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  2. Mastectomies Are Often A Go-To Surgery For Breast ... - AOL

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    A new study says a double mastectomy doesn't increase the rates of surviving breast cancer. Here's what study authors and doctors say this means for patients. Mastectomies Are Often A Go-To ...

  3. What it's like to have a single, not double, mastectomy: 'I ...

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    Still, nearly half of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer considered having a double mastectomy, while 17% went through with it — a rate that tripled between 2002 and 2012, according ...

  4. Preventive mastectomy - Wikipedia

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    In the United States preventive mastectomy is gaining increased acceptance. [15] [16] The decision of famous actresses such as Christina Applegate and Angelina Jolie [13] to undergo preventive mastectomy has given the procedure wider media attention. [15] The trend towards prophylactic mastectomy appears to be less pronounced in Europe [15] and ...

  5. Mastectomy - Wikipedia

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    Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely.A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer. [1] [2] In some cases, women believed to be at high risk of breast cancer choose to have the operation as a preventive measure. [1]

  6. DIEP flap - Wikipedia

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    DIEP flap reconstruction is procedure that reconstructs breasts after a single or double mastectomy due to breast cancer. Length of surgery/hospital stay: A DIEP flap reconstruction surgery takes about six to eight hours on average. [1] If the mastectomy is performed during the same procedure, the length of time will be hours longer.

  7. Twin Sisters Honor Mom's Last Wish by Getting Preventive ...

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    The day before their mother died of breast cancer, twin sisters Cailyn and Carissa Wulf promised her they would both get double mastectomies. Their mother, 45-year-old Heather Asche Wulf of Clear ...