DETROIT - Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan to offer a needle-free, patient-controlled tissue expansion system for women undergoing breast reconstruction after mastectomy. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Women seeking breast reconstruction after a mastectomy often have to undergo a time-consuming, uncomfortable process to prepare their skin. A new invention is changing that, and ...

Henry Ford Cancer Institute is the first in Michigan to offer a needle-free, patient-controlled tissue expansion system for women undergoing breast reconstruction after mastectomy. The FDA-approved ...

When Elizabeth Peppas was diagnosed with extensive, noninvasive breast cancer in 2007, she found herself heading into a devastating surgery: double mastectomy. But she, like so many other women, hoped ...

LAKELAND — Women who decide to have breast reconstruction following mastectomies may have an option that eliminates having a series of saline injections used to expand breast tissue. Dr. Faeza Kazmier ...

The surgical management of breast cancer, including breast reconstruction after mastectomy, has changed markedly in recent decades. 1 “Surgical management of breast cancer has evolved from radical ...

Women diagnosed with breast cancer often choose mastectomies to lessen the risk of recurrence, but many of them face difficult decisions about plastic surgery for breast reconstruction. New advances ...

Women electing to have breast reconstruction surgery following a mastectomy need to be better informed in making their choice of technique used. This is the conclusion of two studies involving more ...

WEYMOUTH (CBS) - Kelly Cassier's life was starting to get back to normal after the 43-year-old mother of two was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer two years ago. Until yesterday, when she found out ...

Many breast cancer patients are worried about the “here and now” of treatment and their prognosis. Thinking about life after treatment, surgery and recovery isn’t always at the forefront of their mind ...

Breast cancer survivor contemplates her breast reconstruction choices. Do size and shape matter? Well, they matter to me! How big? What shape am I looking for? Those are the decisions I get to make ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that altering the sequence of breast cancer treatment to administer radiation before mastectomy allowed for concurrent breast ...