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  1. Prophylactic mastectomy: Surgery to lower breast cancer risk - Mayo Clinic

    Learn about prophylactic mastectomy, also called risk-reducing or preventive mastectomy. Find out who may benefit, and the risks and reconstruction options.

  2. Mastectomy - Mayo Clinic

    Other names for this procedure are prophylactic mastectomy and preventive mastectomy. A risk-reducing mastectomy may be considered if you have a strong ...

  3. Mastectomy Surgery in Patients with BRCA Gene Mutations - Mayo Clinic

    Risk-reducing mastectomies offer the highest method of prevention against future breast cancers for patients who have a gene mutation. Although mastectomies do ...

  4. Nipple-sparing mastectomy - Mayo Clinic

    Studies show that preventive nipple-sparing mastectomy can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in people at higher risk. Who may be a candidate. You ...

  5. Double mastectomy - Mayo Clinic

    This is called contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. It lowers the chance of a new cancer in the opposite breast. But it does not improve survival for most ...

  6. Prophylactic Mastectomy Clinical Trials - Mayo Clinic Research

    The purpose of this study is to culture human mammary cells to identify cellular characteristics associated with lobular involution status. Defining The ...

  7. Nipple-sparing mastectomy - Mayo Clinic's approach

    This surgical option is available for some people being treated for breast cancer or those having preventive procedures. After the Food and Drug ...

  8. Breast cancer surgery - Mayo Clinic

    20, 2023. Jakub JW, et al. Oncological safety of prophylactic nipple-sparing mastectomy in a population with BRCA mutations. JAMA Surgery. 2018; doi:10.1001/ ...

  9. Mastectomy Clinical Trials - Mayo Clinic Research

    Open Nipple Sparing Mastectomy (NSM) Rochester, MN. The purpose of this retrospective study is to evaluate the complication rate of prophylactic open NSM ...

  10. Breast cancer awareness / contralateral prophylactic mastectomy / 5 questions to ask your surgeon: Mayo Clinic Radio

    Breast cancer awareness / contralateral prophylactic mastectomy / 5 questions to ask your surgeon: Mayo Clinic Radio. By. Joel Streed. October 2, 2016. Share ...