Clea Shearer announced that she is undergoing emergency surgery to get a leaking implant removed after her mastectomy. The ...

The team at the Pink Ribbon Boutique emphasizes their mission to create a setting for these women that is far from what they see in medical centers.

If you choose the option of external prostheses, you can alter your usual bras to have pockets, or you can purchase specialty mastectomy bras that already have pockets built in. The bras help keep ...

Medicare can cover the cost of breast prostheses following a mastectomy. If a person chooses a surgically implanted prosthesis, Medicare Part A can generally cover it when the surgery occurs in an ...

It depends a lot on how you think you will feel after a mastectomy. If you might feel uncomfortable with a flat chest or wearing a false breast (called a prosthesis), you may want to consider ...

West started an online business offering prostheses and began promoting the site to doctors. Several years later, when she herself was diagnosed with breast cancer, she became even more determined ...

The diagnosis shattered the young mother’s world. At 36, Heather Tubigan of west suburban Chicago discovered an avocado seed-sized lump in her left breast. It was a malignant tumor. The cancer had ...

In contrast, another patient, Ling, had a mastectomy several years ago at another hospital without being told about breast reconstruction. She lived with a heavy and uncomfortable prosthesis ...

A person may choose the option of external prostheses. In that case, they can alter their usual bras to have pockets or purchase specialty mastectomy bras that already have pockets built in.