This Breastcancer.org podcast focuses on breast reconstruction and features Frank DellaCroce, M.D., F.A.C.S., cofounder of the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery and the St. Charles Surgical Hospital. Dr. DellaCroce is board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery, and his pioneering work in microsurgery has made the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery an international leader in the art and science of breast reconstruction. He has performed thousands of breast reconstructions on women from around the world. Listen to the podcast to hear Dr. DellaCroce discuss:
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There seems to be assumptions in the community that are sometimes perpetuated in the media, about the reasons why a woman chooses to have her breasts reconstructed. Most women survive early breast cancer but undergoing treatment for breast cancer means they can lose a lot; she might feel sickly from chemotherapy or other drugs, she might be thrown into early menopause which has numerous side effects, she might feel weak and lethargic from repeated surgeries and she will have lost much or all of her hair.
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