My 9-year-old daughter was just entering puberty when I found a pea-sized lump near my right areola in the shower. A biopsy ...

Unexpected numbness, “electric zaps” and emotional roller coasters: two breast surgeons explain what patients might ...

With a traditional nipple-sparing mastectomy, the surgeon typically makes a relatively large incision along the lower part of the breast, sometimes measuring 9 to 10 centimeters. The skin and nipple ...

A breast cancer surgeon and plastic surgeon share advice for navigating a confusing and emotional time ...

Losing your breasts comes with a lot of baggage. After Angelina Jolie announced her preventative double mastectomy in 2013, women increasingly sought breast cancer screenings, gene testing and ...

Women diagnosed with breast cancer are almost immediately confronted with treatment decisions. If a surgical oncologist gave a choice between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy to remove a tumor, that's ...

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 ...

For Andrea Leber, helping other women has long been a cornerstone of her work. Now, as she owns and operates Peaks and ...

Nearly everyone with non-metastatic breast cancer has their tumor removed. For metastatic breast cancer, surgery is sometimes done to help relieve symptoms. Breast surgery is very personal, and we ...

It can be devastating to be given a breast cancer diagnosis. Once the shock wears off, most patients want to do what they can to raise their odds of survival, torpedoing the chances they’ll ever go ...

After finishing my partial mastectomy, I was discharged, returned home, and have been looking at my body every day.I look at ...