Session: Breast Implant Reconstruction Options

Speaker: Andrew Salzberg, MD

This 90-minute concurrent session will focus on breast reconstruction using implants.
Dr. Salzberg will:

• Provide an overview of the different options of breast implant reconstruction available to women including advantages and disadvantages of each
• Explain how reconstruction may or may not affect other adjuvant treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation
• Understand the other decisions that need to be made around breast reconstruction
  • Immediate vs. delayed reconstruction
  • One stage vs. two stage reconstruction

Dr. Vaniver, a plastic surgeon and breast cancer survivor will provide a unique perspective on her own journey through breast cancer and breast reconstruction and the power of choice.

This session is appropriate for:

• survivors and previvors who are considering prophylactic mastectomy
• relatives/loved ones/caretakes of survivors and previvors considering prophylactic mastectomy
• health care providers who treat survivors and previvors
• social workers/mental health care professionals who treat survivors and previvors

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