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Reply to "If 1/8 women will get BC, why aren't preventative mastectomies more common?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other question you need to consider is "how many women would a mastectomy actually have saved their life? And how many women were treated and survived, post diagnosis?" You are casually suggesting an enormous surgery, that is not without complications and problems. It has recovery time, infection risks, etc. It is not like a vasectomy "oh, just go get one and recover on the couch for a day!". It's a massive removal of tissue, glands and sometimes lymphnodes. [/quote] Correct. If you read The Emperor of all Maladies, there’s an entire chapter about how brutal mastectomies used to be. They did not affect survival rates or diminish rates of cancer. [/quote]
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