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Breast cancer controversy: Double mastectomy often not needed, study says

Women having a mastectomy because of cancer in one breast are increasingly choosing to remove both breasts, but a new study finds the decision may have more to do with fear than survival. Dr. Elisa Port, chief of breast surgery and director of the Dubin Breast Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, talks about the study with the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts.
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