How solo travel helped on traveler reclaim parts of herself after a life-changing diagnosis.

Skin-sparing mastectomy leaves skin for potential reconstruction, but the author chose not to pursue it, embracing natural asymmetry instead. Clear communication with surgeons and thorough pre-surgery ...

Bette Bentley invented Skimpies, an underwear alternative. She was hand-delivering the product to acquaintances and barely breaking even. After undergoing a double mastectomy, she fully committed to ...

At 26, I chose a preventive double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The 13-month reconstruction process was physically painful, and people's jokes didn't help. Opening ...

A clustered family history of breast, ovarian, and colon cancers appropriately triggered germline testing, with BRCA1 mutation status informing individualized risk stratification and counseling.

My lifesaving treatments made me gain weight—which, in a cruel twist, raised my risk of a recurrence. Something had to give.

Hollywood actress Christina Applegate has opened up about her many regrets, including how she handled her 2008 interview with Oprah Winfrey about getting a double mastectomy, in her latest memoir, You ...

Jessie J admits there is a chance that her cancer could return. The 37-year-old singer underwent a mastectomy and reconstructive surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer in June but accepts ...

One in eight women in Kentucky will be diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the Kentucky Cancer Registry. Betty’s Brave & Beautiful Hearts Foundation provides post-mastectomy care boxes to women ...