People who underwent gender-affirming mastectomy reported high satisfaction and minimal regret over their surgical decision, a small cross-sectional study showed. Among 139 individuals who responded ...

At 21 years old, Lily Chugg was faced with a choice: undergo a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer that had yet to manifest itself or keep her breasts and get screened regularly. In the summer ...

For many breast cancer patients, the first time they learning about the array of treatment options out there is when they're forced to decide what they want for themselves. Fear and anxiety are ...

Luka "Bunny" Hein was in her early teens when confusion about her true gender developed. Doctors provided what seemed like a solution. "It was presented both to me and my parents as, ‘This is your ...

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is recommending that surgeons delay gender-affirming surgeries until patients turn 19, including chest, genital and facial surgeries.

A Minnesota woman who has decided to de-transition from a transgender male is suing the doctors who performed a double mastectomy on her when she was just 16. Luka Hein, now 21, claims she was going ...

Susan Derwin saw a call coming in. She had turned 60 that day, but this would not be a celebratory message. It was her doctor's office calling, with results from her routine screening mammogram.

Debunk common mastectomy myths with facts on surgery options, reconstruction, and treatment plans.

Jessica Zabel shut the door on her breast cancer returning when she chose to have a preventive double mastectomy, but another nightmare was just beginning. She started to feel constant pain on her rib ...

"Baywatch" star Nicole Eggert shared an update as she continues to battle a rare form of breast cancer. On Wednesday, the 53-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma ...