Professor Kefah Mokbel, who is based at St George’s Hospital, South London, said in May that over the past ten years there have been increasing requests for double mastectomies and reconstruction from young women diagnosed with cancer in one breast.
He said: ‘They want to minimise the risk, but the study shows women who do not have a genetic predisposition or family history are being over-treated.’
They’re just breasts. They’re not worth dying for. This “study” is about as trustworthy as the one that says early detection of cancer doesn’t improve survival rates. Early detection and aggressive treatment are the keys to survival. Somebody wants to get out of paying for that, at the expense of the patients.