Session: Mastectomy options

Speaker: Christine Laronga, MD

This 90-minute concurrent session will focus on mastectomy to reduce
risk for breast cancer or as treatment for breast cancer, and the
different types of mastectomy available. Dr. Laronga will discuss:

• lumpectomy vs. mastectomy in women with hereditary breast cancer
• recovery from mastectomy
• sentinel node biopsy with prophylactic mastectomy
• residual breast cancer risk after prophylactic mastectomy in BRCA women
• breast screening after mastectomy
  

This session is appropriate for:

• women considering or who need to undergo mastectomy
• parents/relatives/loved ones of women considering or who need to undergo mastectomy
• health care providers who provide care to women who have BRCA or hereditary cancer
  in the family
• social workers/mental health care professionals who treat women with BRCA mutations or
  hereditary cancer in the family

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