To print: Select File and then Print from your browser's menu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: Prophylactic Mastectomy Reduces Breast Cancer Risk By Almost 90% URL: http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/DB672.htm Doctor's Guide January 13, 1999
ROCHESTER, MN -- Jan. 13, 1999 -- A Mayo Clinic study has identified new information that will allow women at risk for breast cancer, especially those at high risk, to make more informed decisions with their physicians about possible courses of preventive action. The study, to be published in tomorrow's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, finds that prophylactic mastectomy, surgery that removes the breasts as a preventive measure, reduces the risk of breast cancer by approximately 90 percent for women at moderate to high risk for the disease. Breast cancer affects one in nine women in the United States during their lifetimes and five percent to 10 percent of breast cancers occur in women with an inherited risk for the disease. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright © 1999 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of P\S\L content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of P\S\L. P\S\L shall not be liable for any errors, omissions or delays in this content or any other content on its sites, newsletters or other publications, nor for any decisions or actions taken in reliance on such content. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This news story was printed from *Doctor's Guide to the Internet* located at http://www.docguide.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to News Story Page This site is maintained by webmaster@pslgroup.com Please contact us with any comments, problems or bugs. All contents Copyright (c) 1998 P\S\L Consulting Group Inc. All rights reserved.