2002 -- Bernard Fisher, MD, published results of his 20-year study of 1,800 women: Total mastectomy offers no advantage over either lumpectomy or lumpectomy plus radiation therapy. Umberto ...

Of the total 1,067 comments relating to the prophylactic mastectomy experience, 386 (36%) comments were made by 293 women related to information needs. Women who provided open-ended responses were ...