From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our BlogBreast Cancer My Body, My Choice: Aesthetic Flat Closure after Mastectomy Read Women facing mastectomy deserve to know of all their reconstructive options, including aesthetic flat closure, and to have their informed consent respected. Read Women facing mastectomy deserve to know of all their reconstructive options, including aesthetic flat closure, and to have their informed consent respected. Breast Reconstruction Options: What's Best for You? Read Read Why Are So Many American Women Having Mastectomies? Read An increasing number of U.S. women with early-stage breast cancer are choosing to undergo double mastectomy, despite evidence that lumpectomy is safer. Read An increasing number of U.S. women with early-stage breast cancer are choosing to undergo double mastectomy, despite evidence that lumpectomy is safer. Breast Cancer, Breast Implants, and Me: Making Decisions and Moving Forward Read Read “No One Warned Her”: The Unexpected Effects of Breast Reconstruction Read What does it mean to create a breast that looks and feels “natural”? Are the cosmetic effects of reconstruction being promoted over the health consequences? Read What does it mean to create a breast that looks and feels “natural”? Are the cosmetic effects of reconstruction being promoted over the health consequences? To Have or Have Not: Breast Reconstruction and "Going Flat" Read Women who decide to “go flat” aren't inherently anti-reconstruction. They're challenging the idea that having breasts is a requirement, rather than a choice. Read Women who decide to “go flat” aren't inherently anti-reconstruction. They're challenging the idea that having breasts is a requirement, rather than a choice. Pink Ribbon Consumerism Makes Me Sick Read Each October, as national breast cancer month rolls around, I find myself fluctuating between pink-nausea and pink-rage. Read Each October, as national breast cancer month rolls around, I find myself fluctuating between pink-nausea and pink-rage. Breast Cancer Study Encourages Reconsideration of DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma In Situ) and its Treatment Read A number of factors were identified that predict whether invasive breast cancer and death are more likely to occur. Read A number of factors were identified that predict whether invasive breast cancer and death are more likely to occur. Patients Work with Doctors to Make Choices About Care Read Anna Gorman of Kaiser Health News reports on “shared decision making,” a process by which doctors and patients work together to make choices about care. Read Anna Gorman of Kaiser Health News reports on “shared decision making,” a process by which doctors and patients work together to make choices about care. Which Approach to Breast Cancer is Right for You? Read Faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer, more women are choosing to remove both breasts, despite a lack of evidence showing it increases survival rates. Faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer, more women are choosing to remove both breasts, despite a lack of evidence showing it increases survival rates. New Study Raises More Questions About the Value of Mammograms Read Read False Alarms Remain a Huge Problem with Mammograms Used for Breast Cancer Screening Read Digital Mammography: Is Newer Always Better? Read All Pinked Out in October? There's a Cure for That! Join the Think Before You Pink Campaign Read Breast Cancer, Mastectomy and Breast Implants: A 20-Year History of Images and Attitudes Read Racism, Mistrust in Medical System May Affect Black Women's Use of Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancers Read Angelina Jolie, Breast Cancer, and You: How to Make the Right Decisions for YOUR Health Read Supreme Court Hears Case Against Myriad Genetics: Why Patents Hurt Women's Health Read Are Right-to-Know Breast Density Laws Good for Women's Health? Read Rally at the Supreme Court - Breast Cancer Gene Case to be Heard Next Month Read 1 2 3 4 5 6
