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Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: Deciding with Your Head or Your Heart?

If you’re facing mastectomy of one of your breasts, what should you decide about the other?Increasingly, women are choosing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) of their opposite healthy breast...

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Some Women Need Imaging and Biopsies After Mastectomy

Women who have mastectomy generally don't need to have future breast imaging or biopsies.(When one breast is removed to prevent or treat cancer, however, future screenings are still advised for the...

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Another study finds that fat grafting doesn’t increase the risk of recurrence...

Another study has concluded that fat grafting—also called lipofilling—used to improve breast reconstruction doesn’t appear to increase the risk of recurrence. This is positive news if you’ve already...

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New Information about Health Problems Related to Breast Implants

Potential health risks associated with breast implants have been discussed and written about for decades. Numerous studies have been conducted, but given the enormous number of women who have implants,...

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Study: Breast Reconstruction is Safe for Older Women

Many physicians don’t discuss breast reconstruction as a postmastectomy option with older patients, assuming that women of a certain age aren’t interested or that they’re not up to enduring the surgery...

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Reconstruction with breast implants: under the muscle or over the muscle?

Breast implants used to enlarge women’s breasts are sometimes placed under the muscle and sometimes over the muscle. When placed over the muscle, breast tissue acts as a cushion between the implant and...

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The FDA cautions about questionable and controversial study results on breast...

A furor over a study by physicians at MD Anderson of breast implant safety has prompted the FDA to take a closer look at the data reported and the issues involved. The agency issued a press release and...

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Breast Reconstruction with Implants: Over or under the muscle?

Breast implants used to enlarge women’s breasts are sometimes placed under the muscle and sometimes over the muscle. When placed over the muscle, breast tissue acts as a cushion between the implant and...

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FDA Issues Recommendation for Breast Implant Label Warning and Revises...

Recommendations for Safety Warning Labels and Product ChecklistThe FDA is calling for breast implant manufacturers to include warning labels on product boxes. The agency's action aims to ensure that...

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Allergan Textured Breast Implants and Tissue Expanders Recalled

In July of 2019, breast implant manufacturer Allergan recalled all of its Natrelle BIOCELL textured breast implants and tissue expanders sold in the United States in response to a request by the FDA....

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