Dr. William Farrar answers the question: 'What is a prophylactic mastectomy?' — -- Question: What is a prophylactic mastectomy and am I still at risk for breast cancer if I have this surgery?

For women who undergo a mastectomy, reconstruction is treated almost as a given. We speaks to seven women proudly defying the status quo.

Debunk common mastectomy myths with facts on surgery options, reconstruction, and treatment plans.

McKeon opened up about having a sensation-preserving mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer at 19 ...

A new surgical technique is offering breast cancer survivors a chance to return to a quality of life they remember.

You may be stressed by many hard choices about breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. Learning you have breast cancer can be overwhelming. You may have already had a mastectomy, a surgery to remove ...

Mastectomy is an operation to remove one or both breasts. In many cases, mastectomy not only involves removing breast tissues, but also the axillary lymph nodes so they can be examined to provide ...

In this op-ed, Dr. Anne Peled, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon practicing aesthetic, reconstructive, and breast cancer surgery in San Francisco, discusses how the prospect of breast numbness ...

A mastectomy is a surgical procedure that typically removes the entire breast to treat breast cancer or prevent breast cancer in people who have a high risk of it. In most cases, the nipple and areola ...