Dr. Barry Dworkin

Double mastectomy for one-sided localized breast cancer offers same 10-year survival rate as local excision (lumpectomy)

Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 3, 2014

Double mastectomy for one-sided localized breast cancer offer same 10-year survival rate as local excision (lumpectomy) Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Source:

Double mastectomies on the rise, but surgery doesn’t boost breast cancer survival rate

Reference:

Use of and Mortality After Bilateral Mastectomy Compared With Other Surgical Treatments for Breast Cancer in California, 1998-2011

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