Patients want to get rid of their breasts - ignored by doctors

cp418 · September 2018

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a22984...

These Cancer Patients Wanted to Get Rid of Their Breasts for Good. Their Doctors Had Other Ideas.

Breast cancer survivors increasingly want to opt out of reconstruction after their mastectomies, but they report a horrifying culture in which their desire to go flat is challenged or outright ignored.

JoE777 · September 2018

An interesting article and a very under discussed topic. Some women feel they have to justify why they didn't want reconstruction for their own reasons.

Patients want to get rid of their breasts - ignored by doctors

These Cancer Patients Wanted to Get Rid of Their Breasts for Good. Their Doctors Had Other Ideas.

Breast cancer survivors increasingly want to opt out of reconstruction after their mastectomies, but they report a horrifying culture in which their desire to go flat is challenged or outright ignored.

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