Articles for Tag: "breast surgery"
- September 17, 2013
Tags: breast surgery, family history, genetic counseling, health enews, Advocate Health Care, cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, mastectomy, surgery, BRCA2, Melody Perpich, BRCA1, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Dr. Barry Rosen, Good Shepherd, genetics, double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie
Find out how genetic testing helped Angelina Jolie make the decision to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of cancer.
- August 29, 2013
Tags: breast surgery, cancer diagnosis, Advocate Condell Medical Center, surgery, breast cancer, cancer, Dr. Michael Cochran
The term “cancer” can strike fear in patients, but could the word itself affect a patient’s chosen course of treatment?
- June 24, 2013
Tags: mastectomy, Advocate Medical Group, health enews, Advocate Health Care, breast cancer, breast surgery, survivor, breast reconstruction, plastic surgery, Dr. David Shifrin
Following a mastectomy, many women decide to undergo reconstructive breast surgery. Here’s what you need to know.