While preparing for a double mastectomy surgery to treat breast cancer, Lynn Simoncini discovered seat belts would be painful for her surgery incision and chemotherapy port, which are nestled under ...

It can be devastating to be given a breast cancer diagnosis. Once the shock wears off, most patients want to do what they can to raise their odds of survival, torpedoing the chances they’ll ever go ...

Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have long shown that the complete removal of both breasts doesn’t improve survival. New data from a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a safety communication to healthcare providers about the use of robotically assisted surgical devices for mastectomy and other cancer-related ...

Breast cancer fears touch so many lives, family histories, routine scans, and that nagging worry about risks we can't see. Preventive choices like surgery spark endless debates: too drastic or smart a ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C) both provide coverage for medically necessary double mastectomies, including reconstruction and prosthesis surgery. Original Medicare ...