In this op-ed, Dr. Anne Peled, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon practicing aesthetic, reconstructive, and breast cancer surgery in San Francisco, discusses how the prospect of breast numbness after a mastectomy can prevent patients from seeking this ...

A mastectomy is a surgical procedure that typically removes the entire breast to treat breast cancer or prevent breast cancer in people who have a high risk of it. In most cases, the nipple and areola are also removed. Once the breast is removed, some ...

Growing up, I always knew there was a possibility that I could get breast cancer. My mom had it when I was a child, and so did my grandma and other family members. When I was a teenager, I realized that you can get a double mastectomy to significantly ...

Aimee Knight underwent genetic testing and preventive surgeries after losing her mother and grandmother to ovarian cancer. Despite removing her ovaries, Aimee was diagnosed with incurable stage 3 ovarian cancer.