Several studies have reported an increased rate of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) in patients with unilateral breast cancer. This study reports on CPM trends from the American College of Surgeon's National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) diagnosed over a 10-year period.
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA. kyao@northshore.org