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...TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: National Cancer Institute}]CAPTION: Incidence of breast cancer per 100,000 U.S. women...
Last November, at the age of 43, Carol Beebe lost her left breast to cancer. But when she awoke from mastectomy surgery at New York City's Columbia- Presbyterian Medical Center and gazed down at her chest, nothing appeared to be missing. Beebe, an IBM employee from Point Pleasant, N.J., had chosen to have a reconstruction of her breast immediately following the mastectomy. In a single operation, plastic surgeons shaped a new breast from Beebe's own abdominal tissue, moving it into place minutes after the general surgeons had removed the diseased breast. The technique spares the patient the anguish...
Rebuilding the breast after mastectomy has become increasingly popular in recent years: more than 34,000 U.S. women chose some form of reconstruction in 1988, up 71% from 1981, according to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Younger patients are particularly drawn to the procedure, though Hugo has reconstructed breasts for women of all ages and types, including...
Silicone implants are not without drawbacks. Because they sit high on the chest and are compactly curved, the implants most closely reproduce the look of a young woman's breast and can be a poor match for an older patient. They can also make the breast feel hard, interfere with mammography and, on occasion, rupture, causing inflammation if silicone has been used. This spring, as a result of pressure from patient-advocacy groups and members of Congress, the FDA will require implant manufacturers to provide proof of the safety of their products. Still, many surgeons say the risks have been...
...most women, the notion of undergoing a mastectomy in order to prevent breast cancer smacks of wild paranoia. But for Maria Burkhardt of Covington, La., the unthinkable slowly became the inevitable. Twenty years ago, an aunt was stricken with the disease. Her mother died from it a decade later. In 1986 Maria's younger sister Jo Ann began fighting for her life. Next her older sister Rose developed an aggressive tumor. Maria consulted a doctor and was told she was "a ticking time bomb." Ominously, her tissues were judged too dense for mammograms to scan reliably...