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JUNE 16, 2022

In Young Patients, Breast-Conserving Surgery as Effective as Mastectomy

By Monica J. Smith
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LAS VEGAS—Despite often presenting with more aggressive breast cancer than older patients, young women experience similar survival rates regardless of which type of surgical treatment they receive—mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery—according to a new study.

For the most part, complications such as bleeding, wound infection and chronic pain are more frequent with mastectomy, and young breast cancer patients who undergo breast-conserving surgery report