Introduction Prophylactic mastectomy (PM) rates in the United States are rising due to
determination of increased Gail risk, moderate-high risk lesions, a strong family history, and …

Background Over the last decade, rates of risk-reducing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) have
risen dramatically. A topic of debate regarding the procedure is whether to use sentinel …

Background Prophylactic mastectomies (PM) are performed to reduce the risk of breast
cancer. Occasionally an occult carcinoma is found in PM specimens. Given the high …

BACKGROUND: Bilateral/contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (PM) is offered to high-risk
women to decrease their actual or perceived breast cancer risk. When an invasive occult …

The gain by performing sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) during prophylactic mastectomy
(PM) is debatable, and we performed a meta‐analysis of existing literature to evaluate that …

Background Prophylactic mastectomy is performed to decrease the risk of breast cancer in
women at high risk for the disease. The benefit of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) at the …

Introduction The routine use of sentinel node biopsy (SLNB) at the time of prophylactic
mastectomy remains controversial. This retrospective study was undertaken to determine if …

Objective Use of routine sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in contralateral prophylactic
mastectomy (CPM) is controversial. This retrospective study was undertaken to determine …

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients undergoing prophylactic
mastectomy (PM) remains controversial. We sought to determine the incidence of finding …

Purpose We investigated rates of occult malignancy in the breast and sentinel lymph nodes
(SLNs) in patients undergoing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) and whether routine sentinel …