WASHINGTON, DC — Radiation oncologists can feel confident offering hypofractionated treatment regimens to treat breast cancer in patients who are planning breast reconstruction after mastectomy, ...

TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT BREAST RECONSTRUCTION. THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE CONSIDERING. THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS. YOU MAY OPT FOR IMPLANTS MADE FROM SALINE OR SILICONE. THOSE USUALLY ...

With more than four million breast cancer survivors in the US, quality of life after treatment has become just as important ...

DOCTOR, WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT BREAST RECONSTRUCTION. IF THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU’RE CONSIDERING, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS YOU MAY WANT TO OPT FOR IMPLANTS MADE FROM SALINE OR SILICONE, AND THOSE ...

An accelerated course of radiation therapy does not increase complications for patients who undergo breast reconstruction following a mastectomy, new research shows. Findings of the large, phase III ...

Patient satisfaction was higher amongst patients who underwent a chest wall perforator flap reconstruction surgery as part of their breast cancer treatment when compared with other surgical techniques ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A shorter radiation therapy regimen conferred similar outcomes as standard of care for women undergoing breast ...

In the U.S., one in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, and about half of them will have mastectomies. Many ...

Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in U.S. women with about one in eight women diagnosed over the course of their lifetime. In about 35% of cases, a mastectomy is part of a woman's treatment ...

In the U.S., one in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, and about half of them will have mastectomies. Many of those women opt to have their breasts surgically reconstructed, most ...

Katie Weimer figured out a way to make regenerative tissue to bring hope to breast cancer survivors around the world. In the lab of her Colorado startup, she is building “scaffolds” from advanced, ...