Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital say they have uncovered a startling truth about breast cancer treatment: more women are proactively opting for double mastectomies, though it isn’t helping them live any longer. Researchers from the Boston hospital reviewed data from nearly 500,000 women with stages 1-to-3 cancer in one breast and tracked their treatments over a decade. They said the number of women choosing to remove both breasts tripled, from 3.9 percent in 2002 to 12.7 percent…
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