|Articles|December 6, 2012

What drives prophylactic mastectomy?

Fear-not clinical indications-may be the driving force in women's decision-making about contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM). That is the surprising conclusion from a population-based study presented by investigators from Michigan at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Symposium in San Diego.

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