Background: Prophylactic or 'risk-reducing' mastectomy refers to the procedure of completely removing a healthy breast in order to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer.
Importance: Menopause, due to loss of ovarian follicular activity without another pathological or physiological cause, typically occurs between the ages of 45 years and 56 years.
Compared with women treated with whole-breast irradiation, those treated with brachytherapy experienced a twofold increased risk for losing their breasts,...
Knowing how dramatically genetic mutations can influence cancer risk so researchers investigated whether there is a gene on the X chromosome that influences the risk of developing ovarian cancer.
LivaNova PLC a market-leading medical technology and innovation company, announced its Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy (VNS Therapy) System, Symmetry, earned CE Mark approval for Difficult-to-Treat Depression (DTD).