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Deepa Halaharvi

Deepa Halaharvi

Breast surgical oncologist at OhioHealth in Columbus, OH, breast cancer survivor, and host of The Breast Cancer Podcast.

Oct 18, 2026

BootsHOST
2:02
Is there any progress in maybe saving them and just removing the cancer? Or is it because of what's in your breast that caused it to spread? I'm just always curious.
2:11
Yeah.
2:13
Yes.
2:13
Yeah.
2:13
Not everyone really needs a mastectomy.
2:15
You know, sometimes when they're diagnosed with cancer, the cancer is really large and then they may not be able to do a lumpectomy or a partial mastectomy.
2:26
Sometimes women ask for a mastectomy and then you have a lumpectomy, women need radiation and sometimes women don't want to have radiation.
BootsHOST
7:09
And what should my daughter do to protect herself?

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