While visiting her dermatologist for Botox, Philipps said the doctor noticed that her surgical incision did not look right and urged her to contact her surgeons.
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Sameen Chaudhry,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2026
When mammography became standard in the 1970s, surgeons were still performing mastectomies on most patients.
Hospital physicians would later detail her case in a 2019 medical journal article without naming X2.
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Blake Ellis,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2026
Swelling and spinal shock can cloud the earliest neurological picture, and physicians repeat examinations over time for good reason, as many people once given a grave prognosis go on to recover.
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