Published on Wednesday, October 07, 2009
By Redlands Daily Facts Staff Writer
It was after her fourth biopsy in as many years - her left breast so disfigured her reflection brought her to tears - that Rene Syler considered a double mastectomy.
Syler didn't have breast cancer. But she was at a high risk of getting it.
"I had a number of cards stacked against me. I had a mother and father who both had breast cancer,"
"So much of my breast was missing because we had to take out so much of the breast tissue," said Syler. "At that point, the doctor and I had a sobering discussion."
On top of her genetic risk, Syler was diagnosed with atypical hyperplasia, abnormal cell growth often considered the precursor to breast cancer.
Given that she was going to need surgery to repair the damage to her breast anyway, a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy (a preventive double mastectomy) became a legitimate consideration
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