In this Prophylactic Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction video series, watch as surgeons at the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery explain how prophylactic mastectomy can reduce the risk of breast cancer by about 90%. To restore a sense of wholeness, many women decide to have breast reconstruction immediately after prophylactic mastectomy surgery.… Read More

Until several years ago, a majority of women who developed invasive breast cancer required chemotherapy with or without hormonal therapy as part of their treatment. In the early 2000s, we… Read More

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are far and away the most commonly inherited mutations that predispose women to breast and ovarian cancer. However, since the relatively recent use of panel testing, multiple genes have been discovered that can also predispose women to breast, ovarian, and other cancers.… Read More

Disparities Exist Between Black and White Women The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) initiated 2 randomized trials in 1993. The trials included conjugated equine estrogen (CEE) in postmenopausal women with a… Read More

There is little doubt that bilateral mastectomy (BM) for unilateral cancer has risen sharply in the US, even in patients not carrying a deleterious mutation. This occurred despite data suggesting… Read More

Ashkenazi Brca Gene Mutation Found In Sephardic (Iberian) Jews Suggests That All Jews May Share Some Genes Jewish ethnic divisions refer to separate and distinct Jewish communities. Most if not… Read More