Is Dr. Contessa's Mastectomy the Answer to Preventing Breast Cancer

Is Dr. Contessa's Mastectomy the Answer to Preventing Breast Cancer?

10/25/2018

Dr Contessa Metcalfe Mastectomy Married to Medicine RootMama

Married to Medicine star, Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, shares her everyday life and struggles on reality tv. She disclosed on the show that her mother passed away from breast cancer. She has a deep fear that she is genetically predisposed to developing breast cancer. Many women with her family history opt for regular mammograms and frequent checks. However, Dr. Contessa instead opted to undergo a double mastectomy.

In this video, we explore the idea of mastectomy as a means to prevent breast cancer.

What are your thoughts on this controversial topic? Do you have a breast care routine?

1 Comment

Bee

9/20/2019 10:04:39 am

This is completely inaccurate. You are giving out incorrect medical facts. 9% of breast cancer is caused by genetics (and by the way you said there’s A FEW breast cancer genes, but there are actually 11 that they currently know about, 11% IS CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENT (which is what you speak of as “the majority of women with breast cancer), and 80% of breast cancer is random - not caused by genetics and not caused by environment. I think it is really damaging for you to be out here making videos and stating statistics that are incorrect. Bottom line is, you have no right to judge anyone, nor do you have a right to spread incorrect information to women that might be facing a very difficult decision. I work in the legal field as a paralegal. As a paralegal I am not an attorney, so I cannot give legal advice. If you are not a doctor, you should not be out here giving medical opinions.