Medically reviewed by Maria M. LoTempio, MD Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Choosing between a single mastectomy and double ...

I decided right there and then I wanted my boobs removed (what doctors call a preventative double mastectomy). Hayley’s video diary before and after her mastectomy I'd always had big boobs and ...

Having a preventive double mastectomy, also called a prophylactic mastectomy, can help reduce someone's risk of developing breast cancer by as much as 90% according to the American Cancer Society.

What if a preventive double mastectomy would drastically reduce your chances of developing breast cancer to around 3 percent? These are the questions Alejandra Campoverdi faced when she discovered ...

When Sarafina Nance found out she had a very strong chance of getting breast cancer, she decided to have a preventative double mastectomy followed by reconstruction. The surgery would dramatically ...

One day, I was getting a routine preventive mammogram ... so I had no real frame of reference for how I'd handle a double mastectomy. No matter what my doctors told me about pain scales or ...

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), a more aggressive operation to remove both breasts is being opted for by women with early-stage breast cancer in one breast. Contralateral prophylactic ...

she made the decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy as well as remove her ovaries. The choice to have surgery was a no-brainer for her. “It wasn’t a difficult decision for me ...