Pending federal legislation would require health insurers to cover compression breast sleeves and other medically necessary help for breast and other surgery patients. Here’s a link with background and ways to support the bill. https://lymphedematreatmentact.org/
Category Archives: Breast Reconstruction
Canada Latest Nation to Ban Textured Breast Implants
The list of countries to ban textured breast implant grows, while they remain on the market in the United States. Women wanting to avoid the risk of lymphomas linked to textured implants have choices: Staying flat; autologous breast reconstruction; and smooth breast implants.
https://www.icij.org/investigations/implant-files/canada-netherlands-halt-sales-of-cancer-linked-breast-implants/?fbclid=IwAR2QzIwU4AVbdb8H0BGHVxeX93hA5YSEw_qzMM_pVQW7MdSi348UlmwLO60
FDA Holds 2-Day Hearing on Breast Implants
See this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/295420417294192/to follow latest developments about two days of hearings by FDA on breast implants. Key issues include risk of lymphoma from certain types of breast implants; improvement of followup of patients with breast implants; and model practices regarding patient consent.
FDA Warns About Robotic Surgeries
Robotic surgery, now common for some operations, has not been as successful for breast reconstruction and other procedures, the federal Food and Drug Administration warns.
Over or Under the Muscle: The Debate Over Where to Place Breast Implants
Increasingly, doctors are placing breast implants over not under the muscle for women who are thinner, very active and athletic, to minimize a problem called distortion when the implants move around. We address this issue in our book; some doctors, however, say that positioning implants over the muscle gives a more unnatural look. If you are a weight lifter, boxer or very athletic, thinner woman considering implants, this is an important issue to discuss with your plastic surgeon.
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The technique places implants on top of muscle, instead of under it.
Free, Reliable Breast Surgery, Reconstruction App Debuts
A new, reliable source of information on breast cancer surgery choices _ from going flat to undergoing immediate or delayed breast reconstruction _ that you can read on your phone debuted today.
The app, two years in the making, is for iPhones; an android version is coming later in September, according to the app’s creator, Dr. Minas Chrysouplo, a leading breast reconstruction surgeon.
He and his San Antonio team gathered suggestions and input from dozens of breast cancer survivors, previvors, doctors, health care workers and writers, including Patricia Anstett, author of “Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction, What’s Right for You.”
To download the app, go to https://breastadvocateapp.com/
Leading Radiation Group Recommends Fewer but Larger Doses for Breast Cancer
Leading radiation group recommends fewer but larger doses for breast cancer patients. https://breastcancer-news.com/2018/03/16/new-breast-cancer-guideline-more-radiation-fewer-sessions/?utm_source=Breast+Cancer+News&utm_campaign=3db18e9202-RSS_MONDAY_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ea3614260e-3db18e9202-71657241
Many Breast Cancer Patients Do Not Receive Timely Genetic Counseling from Credentialed Experts, Study Finds
Too many women with breast cancer do not receive genetic counseling, and those who do may not get it from a genetic counselor, or receive it after they have surgery, when doing the test earlier may have changed their decision, a University of Michigan study has found. https://labblog.uofmhealth.org/rounds/some-breast-cancer-patients-missing-out-on-genetic-counseling?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=What%20they%27re%20missing&utm_campaign=20180316%20Weekly%20Digest%20Final%20RESEND
Breast Surgery, Reconstruction New Phone App
One of the top U.S. breast reconstruction teams has developed a new app that provides easy access to breast surgery and breast reconstruction options, https://breastadvocateapp.com/?utm_content=buffer210d2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
1 of Every 2 U.S. Women Consider Prophylactic Double Mastectomy for Early Tumors, University of Michigan Study Finds
One of every two women with early-stage breast cancer now consider removing both breasts, even though they only have cancer in one, according to a new University of Michigan study. This option has soared upwards from 3.9% in 2002, it said.
A quarter of women with early-stage breast cancer and a favorable prognosis strongly considered…
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