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Choosing Double Mastectomy

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SOURCES: 2008 Medical Reference from Medstar Television. Deborah Lindner, MD, Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.

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33-year-old Deborah Lindner is a new physician, excited about the future. But her strong family history of cancer worried her.

Deborah Lindner, M.D.:

My mother developed breast cancer when I was in high school and I went through surgery and chemotherapy with her, and was very aware of what that process was like. Several years later my grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

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A DNA test changed her life. Deborah's genes put her chances of getting breast cancer at 85 percent.

Deborah Lindner, M.D.:

So it was quite a shock when I found out that I was positive.

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As a doctor, she understood the odds better than most. She applied the same risk-benefit analysis she uses with her patients to weigh her own choices.

Deborah Lindner, M.D.:

We know so much more about breast cancer than we ever have, but we're still not able to cure it. And so to me, I never wanted to have to face that possibility of dying from breast cancer.

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To prevent the disease, she decided to have her healthy breasts removed, a double mastectomy. Finding a surgeon wasn't easy.

Deborah Lindner, M.D.:

Several of the surgeons said, well you're too young to have a mastectomy. I mean most people who choose a mastectomy have already had children. They've breast fed their children. They're in relationships.

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She persisted and had surgery and reconstruction. She was at the beach in a bathing suit weeks after her operation.

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Taking action gave her peace of mind.

Deborah Lindner, M.D.:

Being able to reduce your risk to between one and five percent sounded fantastic to me.

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Now she can plan a healthy, happy future. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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