An excerpt from Hwang's book, "From Both Sides of the Curtain" ...

Skin-sparing mastectomy leaves skin for potential reconstruction, but the author chose not to pursue it, embracing natural asymmetry instead. Clear communication with surgeons and thorough pre-surgery ...

Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, an OB-GYN, wanted a preventive double-mastectomy. She fought to get it, then learned she already had ...

At 26, I chose a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The 13-month reconstruction process was physically painful, and people's jokes didn't help. Opening ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Katie Kaye My mum was so young when I lost her to breast cancer. She was only 35. I was eight and my sister Charlotte was nine.

Bette Bentley invented Skimpies, an underwear alternative. She was hand-delivering the product to acquaintances and barely breaking even. After undergoing a double mastectomy, she fully committed to ...

This Saturday, February 7, a benefit will be held to support Tiffany Knight, a 34-year-old mother of two who was diagnosed ...

Oct. 18, 2006 — -- Eleven years ago, when she was just 27, Geralyn Lucas was diagnosed with breast cancer. "I thought I was definitely going to die," she said. "I never heard of this happening to ...

One in eight women in Kentucky will be diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the Kentucky Cancer Registry. Betty’s Brave & Beautiful Hearts Foundation provides post-mastectomy care boxes to women ...

Susan Caro answers the question: 'How Does My Father's Side Hstory Impact Me?' — -- Question: If breast cancer is common on my father's side of the family, does that increase my risk for breast ...