Your provider can confirm whether your surgery is considered “medically necessary.” The good news is that Blue Cross Blue Shield and other major insurance companies may cover preventative services like prophylactic mastectomy for eligible patients.

Insurance coverage No federal laws require insurance companies to cover a risk-reducing mastectomy. Some state laws require coverage for a risk-reducing mastectomy, but coverage varies state to state. It's best to check with your insurance company to learn about your plan's coverage. Learn more about health insurance.

In BRCA2 gene mutation carriers, the reduction in mortality decreases to 8% (from 79% to 71%) only at age 25 years compared with no intervention; postponing prophylactic mastectomy to age 40 years reduces gain by 1%.

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This Clinical Policy Bulletin addresses breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene testing, prophylactic mastectomy, and prophylactic oophorectomy. It is described occasionally in the literature, always for men with a pathogenic BRCA1 or 2 variant.Surgery: The identification of inherited susceptibility to breast cancer may influence surgical treatment decisions. View the meeting schedule. Meeting presentations can be found on the Alliance member site in the coming week. Your generous gift helps support the work we do in research, education and patient care. Donate to Montefiore Einstein Orthopedic Surgery today. ESIs are limited to a maximum of four (4) sessions per spinal region in a rolling twelve (12) month period. Nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. Presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Scottsdale, Ariz, January 18-21, 2012.

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