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Two New FAQs on Breast Reconstruction and Breast Forms/Prostheses
Please read two new articles on post-mastectomy care:
Breast Reconstruction FAQs: What Are My Choices After Mastectomy?Fast FAQs: Opting for a Prosthesis (Breast Form) After Surgery
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Expert & Community Posts
More Women Opting for Double Mastectomy: Is It Justified?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...women opting for double mastectomies (when a single mastectomy was indicated) more than doubled... Read more »
FAQs: Having a Mastectomy
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertQ. I just found out I have to have a mastectomy. It sounds awful; I’m scared. Help!A. Being told... Read more »
Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy: Only You Can Choose
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...tumor is too big for a lumpectomy, so you have a mastectomy. Or you’ve got a very small DCIS,... Read more »
I Chose Saline Implants
By Jeannette Vagnozzi , Health Expert...how I chose saline breast implants after my double mastectomy at age 40. Read more »
Health Guide
Breast Reconstruction FAQs: Implant After Mastectomy?
...reconstruction: Part of your body (muscle and/or fat) is surgically “rearranged” into the space left by your mastectomy; or part of your body is cut off, moved, and reattached at the site of... Read more »Breast Reconstruction: Breast Implants
Q. I’m having a mastectomy, and after hearing about the various choices I have for reconstruction, I’ve decided to have an implant. Now I have to make the decision whether to have the implant... Read more »Breast Reconstruction FAQs: What Are My Choices After Mastectomy?
Q. I’m having a mastectomy, and I don’t really want to just leave it at that. But I also don’t want to fuss around with something I’d have to stuff in my bra. What are my options? A. There... Read more »Related News
Adjustable Breast Implants
May 05, 2008BOCA RATON, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Right now, more than 2 million women in the United States are living with breast cancer. Many of these... Read summary »
Why some women choose a preventive mastectomy
April 10, 2009The number of young women who choose to have a double mastectomy in order to prevent breast cancer or a breast cancer recurrence is rising. Studies... Read summary »
More high-risk women opt for double mastectomy
December 07, 2008More young, healthy women who have a familial or genetic predisposition to breast cancer are opting for a preventive double mastectomy, experts say.... Read summary »
Study may tell who will benefit from preventive mastectomy
February 01, 2009Texas researchers say they’ve identified markers that may help doctors identify which patients would benefit from a preventive mastectomy. The... Read summary »
What patients don't know about mastectomy can cause breast disfigurement
May 10, 2009Many 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 summary »
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