Researchers say "not so fast" to breast cancer patients who want a mastectomy
A growing number of women are choosing to get a mastectomy even for very small cancers. But a new study from the Duke Cancer Institute finds lumpectomy plus radiation may provide patients with early stage breast cancer a better chance of survival than a mastectomy.
Researchers followed more than 100,000 women and found those who underwent a mastectomy had a higher risk of dying from heart disease and other diseases than the women who had a lumpectomy.
A growing number of women are choosing to get a mastectomy even for very small cancers. But a new study from the Duke Cancer Institute finds lumpectomy plus radiation may provide patients with early stage breast cancer a better chance of survival than a mastectomy.
Researchers followed more than 100,000 women and found those who underwent a mastectomy had a higher risk of dying from heart disease and other diseases than the women who had a lumpectomy.
