More women getting double mastectomies
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_on_he_me/double_mastectomies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071022/capt.nyol97610222201.double_mastectomies_nyol976.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=MKhRQQcmjP0AzmHsRJfLww--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Trisha Stotler Meyer holds her three-year-old son Max at their home in Vienna Va., Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. Stotler Meyer recently had a both breasts removed following a 2005 diagnose of cancer in one breast. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)" border="0" /></a>AP - More women who have cancer in only one breast are getting both breasts removed, says research that found the trend more than doubled in just six years. It's still a rare option: Most breast cancer in this country is treated by lumpectomy, removing just the tumor while saving the breast.</p><br clear="all"/>

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