High-intensity exercise after breast cancer surgery may help speed recovery
After breast cancer surgery, many women are told to limit how much—and how soon—they exercise.
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Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Mastectomy
Medical news and research articles
'Bouncing back' is a myth: Resilience means integrating hard experiences into your life story, not ignoring them
When Maria looked at herself in the mirror for the first time after her mastectomy, she stood very still. One hand rested on the bathroom counter. The other hovered near the flat space where her breast had been. The scar ...
Apr 13, 2026
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Breast reconstruction using polyurethane-coated implants found to reduce scarring and the need for further surgery
Women who are treated with a mastectomy for breast cancer often choose to have surgery to reconstruct the breast using an implant. But hard, painful scar tissue can form around the implant, especially when women have radiotherapy ...
Mar 24, 2026
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Radiotherapy after mastectomy can be avoided, study finds
Radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking anti-cancer drugs, a study shows.
Nov 5, 2025
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Report provides global picture of wide inequalities in care for women's cancers
One in five women with breast or cervical cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are diagnosed at an early stage, compared with more than one in three in high-income countries (HICs), new research suggests. For ...
Oct 22, 2025
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Mastectomy linked to worsened sexual health and body image after surgery
While mastectomy is often a necessary and life-saving treatment option for many women with breast cancer, the surgery may contribute to worse sexual health, body image, and several other physical and emotional challenges ...
Oct 3, 2025
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Why preventive mastectomy isn't offered to everyone at risk
When Jesse J, Christina Applegate and Katie Thurston spoke openly about their mastectomies, their candor did more than share private struggles. It highlighted a procedure that, while often life saving, is unevenly available ...
Aug 19, 2025
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Breast cancer surgery: Study finds overnight hospital stay not important for older patients
Women ages 65 and older—including women in their 90s—can safely leave the hospital on the same day as having a mastectomy for breast cancer and are unlikely to suffer post-surgical complications, according to a new pilot ...
Aug 7, 2025
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Exploring the experience of those who 'go flat' following a mastectomy
Almost all women who chose not to have a breast reconstruction following a mastectomy say they are happy with their decision, according to new research, with advocates now calling for improvements in how post-surgical options ...
Jun 23, 2025
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Breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations and textured implants found to have increased risk of rare lymphoma
Women with breast cancer who were also carriers of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation and received textured breast implants as part of their reconstructive surgery after mastectomy were 16 times more likely to develop breast-implant-associated ...
Jun 13, 2025
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