Jumping the gun on contralateral prophylactic mastectomy?

Rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in breast cancer are on the rise, but are clinical indications always present to justify the procedure? Dr. Todd Tuttle discusses the trend and cautions physicians to provide patients with accurate assessments of cancer risk and the procedure's actual effects on life expectancy..

Rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in breast cancer are on the rise, but are clinical indications always present to justify the procedure? Dr. Todd Tuttle discusses the trend and cautions physicians to provide patients with accurate assessments of cancer risk and the procedure's actual effects on life expectancy..

Rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy in breast cancer are on the rise, but are clinical indications always present to justify the procedure? Dr. Todd Tuttle discusses the trend and cautions physicians to provide patients with accurate assessments of cancer risk and the procedure's actual effects on life expectancy..