Angelina Jolie’s proactive double prophylactic mastectomy brought to the forefront a tough decision that more and more women are considering. According to a report in the journal Current Oncology Reports, the incidence of prophylactic mastectomy doubled between 1998 and 2005. A prophylactic mastectomy is the surgical removal of one or both breasts to reduce the …
Dealing with the loss of one or both breasts due to cancer or other illness is a loss no one can prepare you for. Suddenly, something you’d taken for granted would always be there, isn’t and just as with the loss of a limb or loved one, you grieve. The healing process is a slow …
