Dear Doctors: My best friend has breast cancer that has spread to her lymph nodes, and she needs to have a double mastectomy. Can you please talk about how all of this can psychologically affect you?

So in addition to the pain of surgery and the rigors of recovery, losing a breast can also often have a profound psychological effect. Some women who have undergone a mastectomy say they struggle with ...

Losing your breasts comes with a lot of baggage. After Angelina Jolie announced her preventative double mastectomy in 2013, women increasingly sought breast cancer screenings, gene testing and ...