A review in the Cochrane Library (June 13, 2012) has found insufficient evidence to support or refute the necessity of routine prophylactic removal of impacted third molars in adults. "Watchful ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Among women being treated for breast cancer, prophylactic removal of a ...

Based on long-term studies, many by oral surgeons, approximately 12% of third molars have associated pathology such as cysts (1.7%), resorption on the distal of second molars (4.8%), and periodontal ...

This article was written by Shahreen Abedin and reviewed by Louise Chang. In the first study to define how many American women are undergoing prophylactic mastectomy, researchers have found that the ...

The response rate was 72.6%. Among 519 women who underwent contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, 86.5% were satisfied with their decision; 76.3% reported high contentment with quality of life ...

In women identified as having a high lifetime risk of ovarian cancer on the basis of testing positive for the BRCA 1 or 2 gene mutations, prophylactic oophorectomy (not necessarily accompanied by ...

ROCHESTER, MINN. -- A Mayo Clinic study shows that prophylactic removal of both breasts reduces the risk of a subsequent breast cancer by 89.5 percent to 100 percent in women known to be carriers of ...

To evaluate the associations of impaction patterns of mandibular third molars (M3Ms) with pathologies caused by them. In this study, 262 patients with 432 impacted M3Ms who referred in Shanghai Xuhui ...

LOS ANGELES — Pre-emptive removal of breasts or ovaries in women with two common breast-cancer genes can sharply reduce the risk of contracting cancer and dying, even if a woman has already been ...

IN THE therapeutic attack on malignant tumors in general, the accumulated experience of generations has established as virtually axiomatic certain well defined principles. The first is the folly of ...