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Breast cancer patients are increasingly having preventive surgery to remove the unaffected breast, but a new study suggests it’s not beneficial for the vast majority of women who undergo it.

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers today are reporting that the records of more than 100,000 patients revealed a survival benefit in 6 percent of those who opted to have a double mastectomy. Women who fell within that 6 percent fit a particular profile that doctors can easily identify before the patient decides on a treatment. More >