The most surprising fact that people do not know about breast cancer is that about 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single rel….

It is absolutely a good thing that she [Angelina Jolie] helped to educate the world about the existence of this mutation; hopefully, as a result, mor….

About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single relative with breast cancer..

Options other than mastectomy include high risk surveillance and risk reduction. Surveillance is a combination of monthly self breast exam, annual ma….

Risk reduction for BRCA2 carriers includes taking tamoxifen. Removing ovaries prior to age 40 drops breast cancer risk in half. Ovarian cancer survei….

Nearly every BRCA mutation carrier's main concern is how to avoid the fate of relatives who have had, and possibly died from, breast or ovarian cance….

By empowering people to initiate a conversation prior to surgery regarding their pain control options, we hope to reduce the incidence of narcotic ad….

Our goal is to increase awareness about non-narcotic pain control options available before, during, and after surgical procedures that are so effecti….

The Angelina Effect refers to the fact that a powerful, beautiful, well-respected and world-renowned woman unabashedly revealed private medical detai….

In my practice, the majority of mutation carriers choose mastectomy; however, for those without cancer, they have much more control over the timing. ….