Rachel Desantis’ Story – Thinking Through Breast Symmetry

When facing a mastectomy, can you justify cutting off a perfectly healthy breast for the sake of breast symmetry? Breast cancer involves an overwhelming number of decisions, from which breast surgeon to entrust your treatment to which treatment will give you best potential lifelong outcome. For so many women, thoughts of breast reconstruction get shoved to the back burner. For Rachel, however, early advice regarding breast reconstruction helped her to think through issues of breast symmetry and to create an end-result that she can enjoy.

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