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2. Working Out After A Mastectomy Can Help Patients Heal ... - AOL

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   Here's what doctors and trainers advise post-surgery and during breast cancer recovery. ... The next level up would be a mastectomy with implants, which is typically a four- to six-hour surgery ...

3. Mastectomies Are Often A Go-To Surgery For Breast Cancer. Why ...

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   During the 20-year study period, 8.5 percent of women who had lumpectomies died from breast cancer, nine percent of women who had mastectomies died from the disease, and 8.5 percent of women who ...

4. Flat closure after mastectomy - Wikipedia

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   Aesthetic flat closure is the surgical work required to produce a smooth flat chest wall contour after the removal of one or both breasts, including obliteration of the inframammary fold and excision of excess lateral tissue (to avoid "dog ears.") [17] [18] It is defined by the National Cancer Institute as the following: "A type of surgery that ...

5. DIEP flap - Wikipedia

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   A DIEP flap is type of breast reconstruction where blood vessels, fat, and skin from the lower belly are relocated to the chest to rebuild breasts after mastectomy. [1] DIEP stands for the deep inferior epigastric perforator artery, which runs through the abdomen. This is a type of autologous reconstruction, meaning one's own tissue is used.

6. Jill Martin shares what's next for her cancer treatment after ...

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   After genetic testing led to a surprising breast cancer diagnosis for TODAY contributor Jill Martin, she shares an update after her double mastectomy surgery.

7. Mammaplasty - Wikipedia

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   Mammaplasty started a surgical procedure to help relieve women of the excess weight of their breasts; it was only later that it was used for cosmetic purposes. [4] There is social pressure on women to subscribe to socially prescribed beauty standards of how their bodies must be, and one part of this is the pressure on women to have 'perfect breasts'.