Advisory Board August 1, 2024
According to a new study published in JAMA Oncology, a double mastectomy can reduce the risk of breast cancer migrating to the other breast but does not have an impact on long-term survival.
Study details and key findings
For the study, researchers used data from the National Cancer Institute’s SEER Program registry database to evaluate survival outcomes of women who were diagnosed with unilateral stage 0 to III breast cancer from 2000 and 2019.
In total, there were 661,270 women included in the study, with a mean age of 58.7 years. The women were also divided into three groups based on their surgical approach: lumpectomy, a single mastectomy, and a double mastectomy. There were 36,028 women in each of the...
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