Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have long shown that the complete removal of both breasts doesn’t improve survival. New data from a ...

Former EastEnders actress Kara Tointon has revealed that she underwent a double mastectomy and had her fallopian tubes removed last year, as a preventative measure, after losing her mother to ovarian ...

Alison Hall is sharing an inspiring health update a little more than two weeks after getting a double mastectomy. The Inside Edition host—who was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer in October ahead ...

It can be devastating to be given a breast cancer diagnosis. Once the shock wears off, most patients want to do what they can to raise their odds of survival, torpedoing the chances they’ll ever go ...

Devin Sidell, a filmmaker and actress, tested positive for the BRCA genetic mutation after her mother had ovarian cancer and her sister had breast cancer She had a preventative double mastectomy, ...

ABC News' Rachel Katz shares her journey to undergoing a double mastectomy. Tick, tick, tick. That's the sound I heard in my head for years, every time I looked at myself braless in the mirror or ...

Kathy Bates is getting candid about her cancer journey. After being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 at age 64 and undergoing a double mastectomy, the American Horror Story alum opted not to have ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nobody is ever ready to hear the words "you have cancer." For Nancy Hutson, she says knowing her family history of breast cancer, she made sure she remained vigilant about ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) and Medicare Advantage (Part C) both provide coverage for medically necessary double mastectomies, including reconstruction and prosthesis surgery. Original Medicare ...