Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, an OB-GYN, wanted a preventive double-mastectomy. She fought to get it, then learned she already had stage 1 breast cancer.

Each year, thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer undergo surgery to remove tumors that cannot be felt by hand.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A woman’s cancer diagnosis led to an innovative surgery that cut her recovery time in half. It was ...

"I treat women for breast cancer, but I never imagined I would be one of them." Dr. Anne Peled is a 37-year-old mother of three and a board-certified plastic and breast surgeon at Sutter Health ...

While mastectomy is often a necessary and life-saving treatment option for many women with breast cancer, the surgery may contribute to worse sexual health, body image, and several other physical and ...

'There’s a strength that I have now after going through all of that. I’m a changed person.' ...

Amy Dowden is going to miss Strictly Come Dancing as she has a second mastectomy. A mastectomy surgery removes all breast tissue from a breast to treat breast cancer. The 35-year-old pro dancer, who ...

A 22-year-old woman who identified as a boy in her teen years won a $2 million decision in a landmark lawsuit against New York doctors accused of pushing a double mastectomy on her when she was a ...

Jessie J is shining a flashlight on her cancer journey. The “Price Tag” singer shared that she underwent surgery nearly three weeks after revealing she had been diagnosed with “early breast cancer.” ...

Women who undergo a mastectomy for breast cancer may be at higher risk of developing emotional and physical problems after treatment compared with women who undergo procedures that preserve breast ...