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Bilateral Mastectomy Reduces Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk, but Not Mortality

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Treating unilateral breast cancer with a bilateral mastectomy substantially reduced the risk of contralateral breast cancer compared with unilateral mastectomy or lumpectomy, yet not breast cancer mortality, according to a cohort study. Over 20 years of follow-up in three matched groups totalling more than 108,000 women, contralateral breast cancers occurred in about 2% of the […]

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Publish date : 2024-07-29 21:06:00

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