Breast cancer in the previously augmented breast.
Breast cancer in a previously augmented breast raises questions regarding cancer detection and staging, surgical and adjuvant treatment options, reconstructive outcomes, management of the contralateral breast, and continued breast cancer surveillance. This article explores the oncologic and reconstructive issues relevant to women desiring cosmetic breast implants and women with breast cancer who have undergone prior cosmetic breast augmentation.
McCarthy
Colleen M
CM
New York, N.Y. From the Department of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Pusic
Andrea L
AL
Disa
Joseph J
JJ
Cordeiro
Peter G
PG
Cody
Hiram S
HS
Mehrara
Babak
B
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*