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Plastic surgeons offer microsurgery technique for breast reconstruction, tummy tuck after mastectomy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too.


Using cotton candy to create bloodflow routes

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton candy has delighted children for a century. Now it may have found a new role: helping scientists grow replacement tissues for people. The flossy stuff may be just right for creating networks of blood ...


Breast reconstruction varies by race, study finds

Breast reconstruction varies by race, study finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latinas who spoke little English were less likely to undergo reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...


Type of breast reconstruction impacts radiation therapy outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy after immediate breast reconstruction, autologous tissue reconstruction provides fewer long-term complications and better cosmetic results ...


Are breast cancer patients being kept in the dark?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite the increase of breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008, nearly 70 percent of women who are eligible for the procedure are not informed of the reconstructive options available to them, according to a recently ...


Immediate breast reconstruction more common in wealthier, better-educated communities

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients appear more likely to have immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy if they live in communities with higher household incomes, lower population density and more individuals who have gone to college, according ...