Christina Applegate news

From ABC news at www.abcnews.go.com
A month after being diagnosed with breast cancer, actress Christina Applegate, 36, is “100 percent” cancer-free, she told “Good Morning America’s” Robin Roberts in an exclusive interview
“I’m clear. Absolutely 100 percent clear and clean,” the star of ABC TV’s “Samantha Who?” said. “It did not spread — they got everything out, [...]

Same day mastectomy service

When I had my surgery I had a bilateral mastectomy and bilateral oophorectomy (ovaries removed), not exactly quick surgery. The next morning the nurses were talking about discharge. I politely (ha ha) refused citing many facts not the least of which was that I was still on a morphine pump.
Now I learn that the House [...]

Mastectomy and hospital stays

I’m trying to gather some data. Please respond if you have had a single or double mastectomy and how many nights you spent in the hospital.

Prophylactic Mastectomy and Inherited Breast Cancer

Hereditary Breast Cancer — A High Cost To Patient And Health Care Provider Alike

NewsRx.com April 24, 2008
Some women who carry the BRCA gene mutation, which predisposes to breast cancer, may choose to have a prophylactic mastectomy rather than undertake lifetime surveillance, a Dutch scientist will tell the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-6) today (Wednesday [...]