Fortunately, improvements in post-surgical therapies are helping give more women the courage to get tested and get treated. All women are at risk when it comes to breast cancer, but reconstructive surgery is becoming a viable option for women who fear the possible disfigurement associated with a mastectomy procedure. In fact, post-mastectomy women made up 45 percent of the breast reconstruction procedures performed in 1999, up 6 percent from 1998.
Many women delay treatment out of fear of a mastectomy, or amputation of a breast.
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