title: Many double mastectomies are not clinically indicated, study finds.
authors.affiliation: Seattle.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States