News tagged with 'Breast Surgery'

Women seeking post-breast cancer reconstructive surgery many not be made fully aware of options available to them, reports the New York Times. For many breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomies, reconstructive breast surgery is more about feeling whole again and less about restoring their appearance.

Milk duct breast cancer had typically had a worse prognosis in younger women, but this research out of Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center, found that a combination of multiple surgeries, radiation and targeted radiation led to outcomes similar to survival for older women.