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UK study finds that half of mastectomy patients recieve unneccessary surgery

9/26/2016 - A shocking study conducted via a national audit of UK healthcare showed that nearly 50 percent mastectomies for women due to early signs of cancer were entirely unnecessary. Presented to the European Breast Cancer Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, statistics illustrated that, out of more than 8,000...

BOGUS BREAST REMOVAL: New science reveals that double mastectomy doesn't reduce risk of dying from cancer

4/8/2016 - An 8-year study involving half a million American women with breast cancer, found that surgically removing diseased and healthy breasts did not increase an individual's chance of survival. The results seem to confirm earlier suspicions that undergoing a double mastectomy, an aggressive procedure...

Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy has caused exaggerated fear and confusion for many women

12/27/2013 - The decision by actress and newfound cancer industry spokeswoman Angelina Jolie to broadcast the cutting off of both her breasts through a double mastectomy earlier this year has generated quite a bit of confusion among the female population, according to new reports. Many women have reportedly developed...

70 percent of double mastectomies are pointless

1/4/2013 - 70 percent of breast cancer patients who undergo a double mastectomy do not actually need the procedure, according to a study to be presented at the Quality Care Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The study was conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan, Memorial...

Deceptive doctors trick Sharon Osbourne into having double mastectomy due to 'bad breast cancer gene'

11/12/2012 - One of the last things any woman would want to hear is that she may be carrying a gene that commonly leads to breast cancer. But is just the possibility of developing such a cancer worth having both of them removed? Sharon Osbourne, wife of rocker Ozzie Osbourne and a judge on the reality television...

95 percent of "preventive" mastectomies offer no benefit, study finds

6/30/2010 - A new study shows that the increasingly popular practice of "preventive mastectomy" in non-cancerous breasts provides no benefit to the vast majority of women. "It's important for women to understand that, except for one subset of breast cancer patients, they don't need to do this," said lead author...

Medical Madness: More Women Scared Into Double Mastectomy as Way to "Prevent" Cancer

6/26/2009 - Increasing numbers of women are choosing to have both breasts removed in order to avoid breast cancer -- but doctors warn that many of these procedures may expose women to serious risk without providing the promised benefit. In general, two kinds of women use double mastectomy as a preemptive breast...

Christina Applegate Maimed by Surgeons with Double Mastectomy Following Breast Cancer Diagnosis

8/19/2008 - Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate decided to have both of her breasts surgically removed, believing that physically removing her breasts would save her from cancer. The double mastectomy procedure is an all-too-frequent choice by women who have been scared into...

One-fifth of women would consider double mastectomy as breast cancer prevention strategy

8/21/2005 - You're not going to believe this one: A recent poll of 1500 women in Britain and five other countries found that 22 percent of them would consider having both breasts removed if they were at high risk for breast cancer. We're not talking about the removal of breasts that have cancer; we're talking about...

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