Healty | Can Breast Cancer provide inward a Reconstructed Breast?

Some women are scared to regard thorax reconstruction afterwards a mastectomy because they intend it volition increase the jeopardy of the thorax cancer coming back. This is a mutual misconception. Thankfully, it's non the case.


Breast cancer tin come upward dorsum fifty-fifty afterwards a mastectomy. However, the jeopardy of the cancer returning (ie a "recurrence") afterwards a mastectomy is real depression in addition to is the same whether you lot accept thorax reconstruction or not. Studies accept compared patients alongside similar phase thorax cancers in addition to constitute no departure inward recurrence betwixt patients undergoing mastectomy solitary (without reconstruction) in addition to those having skin-sparing mastectomy in addition to reconstruction.


When the patient's ain tissue is used for the reconstruction (as inward a "flap" procedure), solely skin, fat, in addition to (sometimes) musculus are used. This tissue is used to supercede thorax tissue in addition to feels similar a breast, simply it never turns into existent thorax tissue. Since it isn't existent thorax tissue, the flap doesn't increase the jeopardy of a novel cancer forming. 


While it is possible for thorax cancer to recur afterwards a mastectomy, thorax reconstruction (either alongside an implant or flap) does non increase the jeopardy of a novel cancer forming, or the previous cancer returning.


I promise this information helps.


Dr C


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