I believe women are asking more for it. The publicity of Angelina Jolie has given a lot of women information about bilateral removal and reconstruction. ..information they night not have had or thought about before. Research doesn't support the need for bilateral gor standard breast cancer. Having said that my palpable breast cancer was undetected by mammogram due to dense breast tissue. ..I'd been having mammograms for 10 years and was unaware of this. I am awaiting genetic testing but due to the multiple family members with breast and ovarian cancer opted to have both removed and reconstructed. I couldn't see how having to do major work on the unaffected breast as a better option and then the same risk issues remained. I would suggest a new appointment with a genetic counselor around this discussion may be a good option. I guess now they are concerned there are still genetic cancers in some families that they can't identify the gene for as yet.
