Why More Women are Choosing Mastectomies

CNN reported on studies this week indicating that more women with early-stage breast cancer are opting for double mastectomies, quoting Susan Domchek, MD, Executive Director of the Basser Research Center for BRCA.

"The data we've been collecting is evolving quickly, and these women are living with this information in real time," she said in an e-mail. "Since 1994 enormous progress had occurred: (T)he genes have been cloned, clinically available tests for gene mutations have been developed, and the implications of having BRCA1/2 mutations are better understood. Women as young as 25 are using this data to make informed choices."

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screening and clinical trials from 
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