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A Surgeon to Patients: Stop Believing These 5 Breast Cancer Surgery Myths
In this video, Surgical Breast Oncologist Jaime Alberty-Oller, MD, debunks common myths about getting treated for breast cancer with surgery.
Written by Brittany Doohan | Reviewed by Mera Goodman, MD, FAAP
Updated on April 11, 2025After learning that you or a loved one has been diagnosed with breast cancer, it’s normal to feel a rollercoaster of emotions, such as confusion, worry, and fear, to name a few.
This mixed bag of thoughts can make it easy to believe all the rumors, misconceptions, and myths that you hear about breast cancer and breast cancer treatment — no matter how out there they may seem.
Additional Medical Contributors
- Jaime Alberty, MDDr. Alberty is a surgical breast oncologist at the Dubin Breast Center of the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital.
References
American Cancer Society. (2023). Surgery for breast cancer.
Breastcancer.org. (2022). Myths about surgery.
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National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (n.d.). Breast cancer myths.
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