#preventive-mastectomy

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Medicine
fromBusiness Insider
8 hours ago

An OB-GYN pushed for a preventive double-mastectomy in her 40s. A week later, she learned she had stage 1 breast cancer.

A lifetime risk assessment showing 37.5% prompted a preventive double-mastectomy that revealed stage 1 breast cancer despite no family history.
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