In her post, Millheiser, director of Stanford’s Female Sexual Medicine Program, offers tips for women in their 20s and 30s who are jumping back into the dating scene, and she answers practical questions like when they should tell their partner about the cancer.

She also explains what prompted her to offer such guidance: These young women are often faced with issues related to their mortality, fertility, body image, and sexual function.

Who better to help you navigate the world of dating after a breast cancer diagnosis than the women who’ve been there themselves? He said it wasn’t an issue for him and he still wanted to take me out. Four months later we are still together and very much in love. Get to know someone a little and pick the right moment to tell them.

Clair was diagnosed with breast cancer at the end of 2014, aged 38. This time I wanted to meet a man who would get to know me before I told him. We chatted daily for hours, getting to know each other. ‘When he asked me for a date I decided he had to know, so I started typing the message while in a flood of tears. The anxiety became intense when I saw ‘Typing a message’ flash up on my phone. Dating sites do work, just be patient.’ Penny, who was diagnosed at 52 in 2014, worries about the right time to tell potential partners about her cancer. Friends urged me to try online dating but when is the right time to let someone know that you only have one breast?

” ’ she laughs when I point out how amenable she is.

‘Why can’t I be more intimidating, like some actresses are?

They also have borderline issues with functioning socially and eating behaviours (file picture)The team of doctors at Boston's Children's Hospital found early medical interventions, including weight control, mental health counselling and even surgery, could help young women struggling with asymmetrical breasts.

The first season garnered 8m viewers when it premiered on ABC in the US earlier this year.Much has been written about cancer survivorship, but it’s rare to come across information that’s geared specifically towards young, single women.Which is why the most recent entry on drleahm.com, the blog of Stanford physician Leah Millheiser, MD, jumped out at me.Atwell, 33, is indisputably alpha: the kind of woman who did a three-month Open University course in art history, haiku poetry and Burma while she was filming the first Captain America in 2010.‘That’s when I was taking myself a lot more seriously.In the first study of its kind analysing the mental health implications of breast size, scientists found the negative impact was the same for girls suffering macromastia - a condition which causes abnormally large breasts.Girls with different-sized breasts have poorer emotional well-being and lower self-esteem than their peers.