When Breasts Become a Liability-Discussing Risk-Reducing Mastectomy With Individuals Following Chest Irradiation for Childhood Cancer

Stephanie M Smith; Dianna Goldberg May; Michael P Link

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2303

When Breasts Become a Liability-Discussing Risk-Reducing Mastectomy With Individuals Following Chest Irradiation for Childhood Cancer

JAMA Oncol. 2023 Oct 1;9(10):1337-1338. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2303.

Authors

Stephanie M Smith^{1

2}, Dianna Goldberg May², Michael P Link^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Palo Alto, California.

PMID: 37471071
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.2303

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Plain language summary

This essay describes a woman who had received chest irradiation for childhood cancer and the considerations for and against breast cancer risk–reducing mastectomy.