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In this clip, Dr. Jay K. Harness explains that prophylactic means preventative upfront; mastectomy of course is removal of the breast. The issue of the role of removing the healthy other breast has actually been the study of several series that have been published in the medical literature.
In early 2010 a study came from the MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas. Using a large national database and then drilling down in the data they attempted to answer the question: 'is there a survival benefit for removing the other healthy breast?'
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