Eileen Wesley is diligent about her health, and for good reason. Breast cancer runs in her family. “I’m always checking because I have two sisters who were diagnosed with cancer nine years ago,” said ...

Almost every week, a young woman with breast cancer will tell Jennifer Tseng, MD, FACS, she wants a mastectomy because of her ...

Doru Paul, MD, is a board-certified oncologist and hematologist. He is an associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Breast cancer treatment includes an array of ...

Tissue expansion (optional): In some cases, a tissue expander may be placed first to stretch the skin gradually before inserting the permanent implant. This is a one-hour surgery after your mastectomy ...

A mastectomy is a surgery that involves removing a person’s breast, often as a treatment for cancer. A radical mastectomy involves removing the entire breast and nearby tissue. It may also involve ...

Lumpectomies and mastectomies differ in the amount of tissue removed. A lumpectomy removes only the tumor and a small portion of the breast. A mastectomy removes all of the breast tissue, and possibly ...

Breast reconstruction surgery is a procedure/s to rebuild your breasts after they've been removed (usually from cancer). Because of advances in breast reconstruction surgery, many women undergoing ...