A 2023 study by the University of Michigan found that after a gender-affirming mastectomy, 139 participants reported a Decision Regret Scale score of zero more than three years after the surgery.

Indisputably a nutjob, Chase Strangio is the soul of nominative determinism. The lawyer for the American Civil Liberties ...

But "elective" doesn't always mean optional. Some elective surgeries are medically necessary and others aren't. Health insurance will usually cover medically necessary elective procedures, like a knee ...

A woman who underwent a double mastectomy after having breast cancer several times has walked topless to raise money for cancer research charities. Julia James, from Weare in Somerset, completed a ...

Health New Zealand is outsourcing more elective operations to private facilities to ease strain on the system. The agency aims to deliver more than 10,500 additional elective procedures by the end ...

Out-of-pocket cost: This is the amount a person must pay for care when Medicare does not pay the total amount or offer coverage. Costs can include deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, and ...

Months before Ananda Lewis lost her battle with breast cancer, the former MTV VJ offered insight into why she opted not to have a double mastectomy. Ananda’s sister, Lakshmi Lewis, announced the ...

But a frightening, post-mastectomy scare – that involved a haemorrhage and “code blue” emergency resuscitation – had her rethinking her options and she decided, instead, to “go flat”.

Actress Kara Tointon shared her "overwhelming sense of relief" over having a double mastectomy following a cancer gene test. The 41-year-old star is known for her role as Dawn Swann in BBC soap ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cancer. Followed categories will be added to My News. New research reveals more than 90 per cent of women who choose to “go flat” after having one or both ...