Breast cancer surgeons are cautious about offering nipple-sparing mastectomies to women who have had breast radiation. Radiation damages the skin, making it more prone to infection, scarring, and ...

A study from the University of Texas demonstrates the feasibility of using robotic single-port laparoscopy in nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM), a type of conservative mastectomy preserving the skin and ...

When I was a child, my grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a radical mastectomy at 55, which back then meant removing all her muscle, skin, and breast tissue—a disfiguring surgery that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . City of Hope has opened a multicenter randomized trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of ...

While preparing for a double mastectomy surgery to treat breast cancer, Lynn Simoncini discovered seat belts would be painful for her surgery incision and chemotherapy port, which are nestled under ...