While preparing for a double mastectomy surgery to treat breast cancer, Lynn Simoncini discovered seat belts would be painful for her surgery incision and chemotherapy port, which are nestled under ...

What you need to know about mastectomies You’ve likely heard the term “mastectomy” at some point, and may even know someone who has had one. What actually goes on when the surgery — involving the ...

Susan Derwin saw a call coming in. She had turned 60 that day, but this would not be a celebratory message. It was her doctor's office calling, with results from her routine screening mammogram.

Breast cancer fears touch so many lives, family histories, routine scans, and that nagging worry about risks we can't see. Preventive choices like surgery spark endless debates: too drastic or smart a ...