You've been diagnosed with breast cancer. There are a variety of treatments available. Modified radical mastectomy - surgical removal of breast tissue and lymph nodes while leaving muscle intact, followed by radiation. The use of radiation, chemotherapy, and drugs such as tamoxifen. Mastectomy followed by radiation and the option of breast reconstruction.
Techniques are better defined and rates of complication are small.
There is no increase in cancer risk or spread of the disease because of reconstruction. New Mexico is very progressive in the treatment of breast cancer. Immediate breast reconstruction, if considered appropriate by patient and physician, is widely available in New Mexico. But, for those women who undergo a mastectomy, there are a number of reconstructive options. Breast reconstruction can be accomplished by the use of a prosthesis, a breast implant, or with a woman's own body tissues, called a tissue flap.