And what if it comes back in the other breast? Could they protect themselves today by having a double mastectomy? A study has concluded that there is no survival advantage to having the other ...

A popular treatment for breast cancer, a double mastectomy, might not increase breast cancer survivability, but it’s not all bad news. Double mastectomies involve surgically removing both ...

Sergey Novikov - stock.adobe.com The double mastectomy, undertaken by some breast cancer patients as a precautionary measure, provides no advantage to sufferers when it comes to survival ...

ABC News' Rachel Katz shares her journey to undergoing a double mastectomy. Tick, tick, tick. That's the sound I heard in my head for years, every time I looked at myself braless in the mirror or ...

Louise Butcher is the fastest marathon runner with a double mastectomy, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. And it’s a record she can’t wait for someone to beat. “What I wanted ...

Emma tells PEOPLE what the last few weeks of her mom's time has meant to her Emma Backstein/TikTok Emma Backstein elected to get a double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA1 gene ...

Medicare covers medically necessary treatment of breast cancer. This includes a mastectomy or a double mastectomy, as well as reconstruction and prosthesis surgery. Original Medicare Part A covers ...