When a breast cancer patient requires a mastectomy, cancer surgeons and reconstructive plastic surgeons at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WUSM now perform a technique called ...
Treating breast cancer is an ordeal causing some women to undergo radiation, chemotherapy and a mastectomy. When it is time for breast reconstruction, women want something as close as possible to what ...
If you have early-stage breast cancer, you may want breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. Some people choose to have their breasts rebuilt with their own tissue instead of with an implant. Your ...
(04-09) 15:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO-- When Lori MacKenzie was diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall of 2010, her immediate impulse was to schedule a double mastectomy with implants because that offered ...
After abdominal flap breast reconstruction, researchers found the overall hernia repair rate within 3 years was 2.45%, compared with 0.28% among women who had mastectomy only. The study included women ...
LAWRENCE — Women who are facing the loss of a breast because of cancer often are concerned about what they will look like after the surgery. Some women decide to wear a prosthesis, a breast form that ...
A woman with a breast cancer diagnosis faces many sudden choices, and in the emotional frenzy, reconstruction decisions may get short shrift Lisa Wychgram Kluzik of Lafayette, California, was 38 years ...
A breast cancer diagnosis takes both an emotional and physical toll on a patient. And when women undergo a double mastectomy, they may have concerns about their appearance or feelings of inadequacy. A ...