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Angelina Jolie Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Brings Attention to Variety of Surgical Options for Women with Inherited Breast Cancer Risk TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct to implant, or "one step," breast reconstruction following mastectomy is an appropriate option for many women with BRCA (BReast CAncer) gene mutations seeking to surgically reduce their breast cancer risk, or with breast cancer. Traditionally, post-mastectomy reconstruction involves a...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct-to-Implant, or One-Step, breast reconstruction following mastectomy to treat or prevent breast cancer is effective, safe and offers aesthetic benefits when performed on appropriate patients, according to peer-reviewed data published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The study included women who had mastectomy to treat a diagnosis of breast cancer and others who chose...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Few surgeries are as deeply personal for a woman as a breast removal. Although the mastectomy is necessary to the woman's survival, the female cancer patient may experience a sorrow similar to grief. In addition to the fear that comes with sickness, the female often feels that her womanhood has been attacked and she is being robbed of her femininity. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently revealed that the majority of...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Plastic surgery goes beyond achieving perfection. Surgeons can repair physical defects and injuries due to accidents, genetics and disease and restore patients with physical and emotional satisfaction. "New advancements in reconstructive plastic surgery have given plastic surgeons a chance for greater results," said R. Michael Koch, M.D., of New York Group for Plastic Surgery (NYGPS). Reconstructive surgery can greatly improve, if not completely fix,...

TARRYTOWN, N.Y., July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Group for Plastic Surgery (NYGPS), a New York plastic surgery practice, announces the first major advance in breast reconstruction surgery in over 10 years, and introduces its Direct-To-Implant Breast Reconstruction procedure utilizing AlloDerm®, an acellular dermal matrix. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100713/NY34590 ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100713/NY34590 ) The Direct-To-Implant Breast...

Choosing to have reconstruction after breast removal may help patients take positive control of their breast cancer diagnosis and begin the emotional healing process, say plastic surgeons at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston."Our research has shown there is a significant implication that the life of the breast cancer patient improves after breast reconstruction," said Dr. Lior Heller, associate professor in the Center for Aesthetic Surgery at BCM. "Breast cancer patients...