Removing Healthy Breast: More S’pore Women Opting for Questionable Move

Curious about the use of preventive mastectomy in an Asian population, Dr Ong and his surgical resident, Dr Sim Yi Rong, conducted a retrospective review of all patients who had breast cancer surgery from 2001 to 2010 at the cancer centre.

They found a three-fold increase in the number of women, over the time period, who chose to have their healthy breasts surgically removed.

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