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Mammectomy
Seventy-five percent of women who have mastectomies go on to have surgical reconstruction of one or both breasts. Roughly half of these women decide on artificial implants. Most of the rest choose a surgery called the TRAM flap, which uses their own body tissue to rebuild the breast. The majority of women who are given the choice ask for immediate breast reconstruction. Some women who have lumpectomies also choose breast reconstruction to restore a more balanced look.
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From Our Experts
Having a Mastectomy? 10 Insider Tips
Increasing numbers of women are having mastectomies these days. Whether it’s women with large and/or scattered tumors, women who want to... Read more »
More Women Opting for Double Mastectomy: Is It Justified?
A new study published this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology online reports that the number of women opting for double mastectomies... Read more »
Nipple-Sparing Reconstruction: Is This Innovative Surgery Safe?
Did you know that the mastectomy is an operation that’s hundreds of years old? Women were having mastectomies – breast removal – long... Read more »
Desperate Housewives star fights for Breast Cancer Patient Protection...
Bree Hodge (who used to be Bree Van de Kamp before her husband was poisoned and she remarried) is fighting alcoholism and the growing... Read more »
From Our Sources
What patients don't know about mastectomy can cause breast dis...
Many of the 180,000 women who are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer each year will undergo mastectomy, and a significant portion of them will be... Read more »
Mastectomies on the increase
According to the Mayo Clinic, the number of U.S. women undergoing mastectomies for breast cancer is rising again. Researchers say the number of... Read more »
Personal Reconstruction Stories
Source: Breastcancer.org
Betty had double mastectomies in her mid-30s and no reconstruction, and no plans to shop for a prosthesis: "This is the way I looked the first... Read more »
Extra Mastectomies Don't Benefit Most Women: Study
Many women who undergo a mastectomy on one breast choose to have the other removed as well, but this preventive measure does not appear to be... Read more »
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