Lumpectomy as Effective as Double Mastectomy
A new Stanford University study of nearly 200,000 women with breast cancer found patients treated with a lumpectomy and radiation survive as long as patients who had a double mastectomy.Â
A growing number of women choose to have a double mastectomy when diagnosed with cancer in one breast.
Doctors say this study shows it may not be necessary  to undergo the invasive surgery which  may also involve reconstruction.
