immediate breast reconstruction first choice for women undergoing a mastectomy
Immediate breast reconstruction, first choice for women who undergo a mastectomy in 90% of cases it is possible to resort to reconstructive surgery. – in the case of mastectomy, removal of the diseased breast, almost any woman can be candidate for reconstruction, but only about 20% undergo this surgery -Sanitas Hospital offers the latest technical oncoplásticas that combine the removal of the tumor and plastic refurbishment of the rest of the breast. -The specialist breast units of Sanitas hospitals have multidisciplinary teams that allow a better early detection of cancer of the breast and diagnostic process. -Currently 22,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed annually in Spain. Madrid, may 2012.- About 90% of women who have had a mastectomy, or removal of the diseased breast, may be candidates appropriate to a breast reconstruction. However, only about 20% are subjected to this surgery. In this context, the protocols followed in the Sanitas hospital breast units, seek, one greater number of patients accessing this breakthrough in the treatment of breast cancer, mainly on the question of avoiding one of the sequels more feared by the women involved as it is the loss of a breast. In the words of the DRA. Margarita Feijoo, Chief of the service of Oncology of the Hospital Sanitas La Moraleja, the volume of women in which the surgery is conservative, where is removed the tumor but...
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