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...
View ArticleSome 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...
View ArticleAnother 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...
View ArticleNew 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,...
View ArticleStudy: 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...
View ArticleReconstruction 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBreast 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...
View ArticleFDA 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...
View ArticleAllergan 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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