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Bobbie Robinson
02/05/12
Bobbie Robinson
Category: Breast Cancer

What are the risks of having reconstruction at this time? Will the surgery triggger the cancer to return? I want it done but I'm fraid.

I had IBC with tumor in 2009 and had intense chemo therapy, mastectomy and radiation. I have been cancer free since Feb of 2010. I was told that reconstruction at the time of surgery was not an option. At my last months visit with the surgeon I asked if I could have reconstruction now that I'm 2…

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