During a conventional mastectomy surgery, patients lose partial to full sensation in their chest. Here's what 2 experts want you to know about preventing that loss. Nationwide trends show that ...

Skin-sparing mastectomy leaves skin for potential reconstruction, but the author chose not to pursue it, embracing natural asymmetry instead. Clear communication with surgeons and thorough pre-surgery ...

The surgeries that we do for breast cancer are mastectomy versus lumpectomy. Mastectomy obviously is removing the whole breast. There's several different types of mastectomy. And we used to talk about ...