http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/MastectomyFind stories, videos, and photos about Mastectomy from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:38:51 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/HEALTH/10/24/breast.cancer.options/tztop.breast.reconstruction.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Mastectomy14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Mastectomy from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCTextLess than an hour before her mastectomy was scheduled to begin, Eve Wallinga's surgeon gave her the bad news: Because of unforeseen complications, doctors wouldn't be able to reconstruct a new breast for her immediately after removing her cancerous breast as planned. She was told she'd have to wait another day for the plastic surgery.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/22/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/22/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCTextLess than an hour before her mastectomy was scheduled to begin, Eve Wallinga's surgeon gave her the bad news: Because of unforeseen complications, doctors wouldn't be able to reconstruct a new breast for her immediately after removing her cancerous breast as planned. She was told she'd have to wait another day for the plastic surgery.Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/war.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/war.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTextI was 18 when I first felt a lump in my breast. Of course, I was convinced that I was going to die. This was three decades ago -- back when we knew far less about breast cancer. A general surgeon removed the lump, which, thank goodness, wasn't malignant.Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.cancer.survivor.diary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/21/bia.cancer.survivor.diary/index.html#cnnSTCTextWho knew that fighting breast cancer for the third time in seven years would reveal my purpose in life.Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:28:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20241079,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20241079,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"She never stopped once to say, feel sorry for me," says her Samantha Who? costarTue, 18 Nov 2008 17:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/15/healthmag.breast.cancer.experience/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/10/15/healthmag.breast.cancer.experience/index.html#cnnSTCTextLet's face it: Your mom, your sister-in-law, your co-worker, your best friend from college -- someone you know has had breast cancer. Someone you care about has sat white-faced, clutching the kitchen phone, or in a doctor's office, and gotten the scary news that every woman dreads -- news that one out of eight of us will hear in our lifetime, 250,000 of us this year alone.Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/14/o.christina.applegate.double.mastectomy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/10/14/o.christina.applegate.double.mastectomy/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor more than 20 years, actress Christina Applegate has kept audiences laughing.Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:36:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229505,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229505,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe actress tells Oprah about her delayed reaction to her cancer diagnosis and treatment decisionTue, 30 Sep 2008 16:28:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220052,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220052,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"I just wanted to kind of be rid of this whole thing for me," says the actressWed, 20 Aug 2008 02:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/08/healthmag.inflammatory.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/07/08/healthmag.inflammatory.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was a long night, and Susan Niebur was feeling low. Normally, this working mom in Silver Spring, Maryland, can keep a shocking number of balls in the air and still smile. She's a physicist who works part-time as a consultant to NASA; an at-home mom to Matt, 1, and Andrew, 3; an animal-rescue volunteer; and a daily blogger. But Niebur, 35, is also a full-time cancer patient, and one night last fall her characteristic attitude of resolve and optimism failed her. After nearly six months of chemotherapy, the treatment's side effects -- which are cumulative -- were brutal.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:22:00 EDT