With the recent news regarding Angelina Jolie’s courageous story, questions about breast cancer treatment, as well as breast reconstruction, have become common topics for discussion.Women who learned they have a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes ha...

Although we typically think of women when we think of breast cancer, approximately 2,000 men per year are diagnosed with the disease. We know that male breast cancer seems to behave similarly to female breast cancer, but although the numbers are small,...

Women seeking options for breast reconstruction for mastectomy should be offered the option of using tissue from the abdominal wall for unilateral or bilateral breast reconstruction. For patients desiring a more natural reconstruction, with the best cosmeti...

While having too many options can be overwhelming at times, for a patient newly diagnosed with breast cancer, having a number of treatment options to choose from can be a good thing. Many women faced with breast cancer immediately assume that mastectomy may...