Hospital mastectomy rates vary. This study explores the relationship between mastectomy rates and breast cancer patients’ consultation and decision-making experiences with specialist clinicians.

One patient had an unnecessary mastectomy and another had a necessary surgery delayed at a Halifax-area hospital after their test results were switched with two other patients. The Capital District ...

One patient had an unnecessary mastectomy and another had a necessary surgery delayed at a Halifax-area hospital after their test results were switched with two other patients. The Capital District ...

Background: The process of shared decision-making in the surgical management of breast cancer is complex. Many women eligible for breast conservation therapy (BCT) still choose total mastectomy (TM), ...

Phyllis Colfer, 67, died of carcinomatosis and breast cancer in 2002 A patient of jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson did not have a proper mastectomy, an inquest has heard. Former traffic warden ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . However, the use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy among women without clinical indications appeared ...

Imagine being told you have breast cancer, then undergoing a double mastectomy to remove both breasts. And then, you find out there was no cancer after all. This did happen to someone in Manitoba last ...

CTV Atlantic: Capital Health mastectomy mistake Capital Health says two patients' pathology results were accidentally switched on their charts, resulting in a wrong mastectomy. Officials at Capital ...

A patient advocacy organization is calling for more patient input into reviewing mistakes made in Nova Scotia that led to a woman receiving an unnecessary mastectomy earlier this year. Alies Maybee of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The decision to undergo either a mastectomy or a lumpectomy is an incredibly personal decision that the majority ...

Imagine being told you have breast cancer, then undergoing a double mastectomy to remove both breasts. And then, you find out there was no cancer after all. This did happen to someone in Manitoba last ...

Before going under the knife, this woman got her groove on. By Brad Wete There are several ways to meet what could be a devastating instance or circumstance. This week the Internet is celebrating how ...