E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH

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February 10, 2015
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Clinicians must educate patients about risks, benefits of surgical treatments for early breast cancer

“Nationwide Trends in Mastectomy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer” — a study published by Kummerow and colleagues in JAMA Surgery in November 2014 — is the most recent addition to the growing literature that demonstrates an increasing use of mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer in the United States.