A mastectomy is a surgical procedure that typically removes the entire breast to treat breast cancer or prevent breast cancer in people who have a high risk of it. In most cases, the nipple and areola ...

Mastectomy is a procedure for removing one or both of the breasts. There are several types of procedures available for patients with indications for mastectomy and these include: For this procedure, a ...

To the Editor: Fisher et al. (Aug. 22 issue) 1 report that radical mastectomy and total mastectomy are equally effective in terms of survival (equipotent) and interpret the small differences between ...