Tag Archives: contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

New JAMA Published Research: Too Many Patients Remove Healthy Breast When No Medical Reason To Do So

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

New research reveals that for women with early-stage breast cancer, misunderestanding the value of surgery lead too many patients to remove a healthy breast when there is no medical reason to do so. Patients were more likely to make this … Continue reading →

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Study: Double Mastectomy Not The Improve Quality Of Life Answer For Cancer in One Breast

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

Increasingly, younger women with early-stage cancer in only one breast and no genetic risk factors are choosing to have double mastectomies. But there’s little evidence to suggest that removing the healthy breast will prolong their lives. Now a Duke Cancer … Continue reading →

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Double Mastectomy Rates Rise Among Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

According to this report in the Los Angeles Times, evidence is mounting that too many women with early-stage breast cancer are opting for mastectomies instead of having breast-conserving surgeries that offer the same odds of survival. The rise is particularly … Continue reading →

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Treatment Choices For Breast Cancer: The Wrong Approach

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

We recently published a column quoting Peggy Orenstein’s discussion of increased breast cancer patient interest in removing the unaffected breast through a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Orenstein’s column drew a range of reader reaction as published in The New … Continue reading →

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Thinking of Breasts As Easy to Screw Off Jar Lids: The Wrong Approach To Breast Cancer

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Dr. Jay Harness Staff

After a decades-long trend toward less invasive surgery, breast cancer patient interest in removing the unaffected breast through a procedure called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy [or C.P.M., as it’s known in the trade] is skyrocketing, as reported in this first person … Continue reading →

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