Mastectomy
A mastectomy is an operation to remove the breast. It can be used to treat breast cancer in both men and women.
A mastectomy is mainly used as a treatment for breast cancer or as a way of preventing breast cancer developing.
There are several different types of mastectomy, depending on the areas that are removed.
Most people who have a mastectomy recover well after the procedure and do not develop complications.
In most cases, recovery from a mastectomy is straightforward and without complications.
Story of a patient diagnosed with breast cancer twice in four years, once in each breast.
Pauline Polley, from Dorset, had a mastectomy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a breast reconstruction 18 months later.