... with mammogram, breast MRI, and clinical breast exams, tamoxifen therapy, and risk reduction surgeries including prophylactic mastectomy. ...
http://pressroom.cancer.org/index.php?s=43&item=143
... There are several types of mastectomies. ... Partial or segmental mastectomy removes only the ... Prophylactic mastectomy is a mastectomy done before ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=m
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancerglossary/index.aspx?letter=M
... Preventive (prophylactic) mastectomy: For some women who are at very high risk for breast cancer, this surgery (a double mastectomy) may be an ...
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003037-pdf.pdf
... second breast cancer. Prophylactic mastectomy before the cancer occurs might add many years to their lives. But while most ...
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-prevention
... help prevent infection. You may hear this called prophylactic antibiotic use, or just prophylaxis. Prophylaxis is only used ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/physicalsideeffects/infectionsinpeoplewithcancer/infectionsinpeoplewithcancer/infections-in-people-with-cancer-using-drugs
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-prevention
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003090-pdf.pdf
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/overviewguide/breast-cancer-overview-prevention?sitearea=
... BRCA2). Because their risk of getting breast cancer is high, these women may want to consider prophylactic mastectomy. This ...
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/surgery/surgery-and-cancer
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