Article: I'm 15 and want my breasts removed; Joanne is terrified she'll get breast cancer like her mother. Now,she wants to become the youngest woman in Britain to have a double mastectomy. Her mother is horrified,but it could save her life. So who's right?

Article: Study: Double mastectomy reduces breast ...
AP Worldstream;  November 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... lifetime risk of breast cancer. For the women ... Clinic, a double mastectomy may be considered ... Armstrong, a breast cancer specialist ... option of a double mastectomy applies "only ... percent of breast cancer patients are ...

Article: Breast Cancer in the Family -- After a ...
Yakima Herald-Republic;  October 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... diagnosed with breast cancer in April 1999 and had a double mastectomy, but the ... diagnosed with breast cancer in May 1999 ... to think a double mastectomy was a bad ... displayed at a breast cancer benefit in ... have the double mastectomy and is ...

Article: INSIDE OUT: Breast Cancer Awareness Special: I had ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Anne died of breast cancer at the age ... has had a double mastectomy - even though she did not have breast cancer. ``My grandmother ... caused their breast cancer. ``But they ... Tracy had a double mastectomy and reconstruction ...

Article: Wendy on constant call for cancer concerns When Wendy Watson ...
Derby Evening Telegraph;  October 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... emptive double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, she knew ... emptive double mastectomy to avoid the breast cancer which has ... she had her double mastectomy. Her genetic ... developing breast cancer was incredibly ...

Article: I'LL BEAT OUR FAMILY"S KILLER; Why, at 22, this woman wants to ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... undergo a double mastectomy to protect her from the breast cancer that has ... emptive double mastectomy at the age ... for this. Breast cancer has been ... to have a double mastectomy if I carried ... the fear of breast cancer. 'In one ...

Article: I've beaten CANCER 3 times; LYNN GRIFFITHS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ...
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  July 12, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... cancerous cells had developed in her breast. Doctors advised a double mastectomy - taking away both breasts - to prevent the cancer spreading ... great grandmother. Several of my aunts and cousins have had breast cancer, my mother has just been diagnosed as having it, too ...

Article: Your Life: Breast cancer and us; US star Christina ...
The Mirror (London, England);  September 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... patron of a small breast cancer charity they were ... discovered she had breast cancer in March. WHEN I ... was diagnosed with breast cancer ... and I have to ... red carpet after a double mastectomy, I was inspired ...