Is it possible that prosthetic implants can hide breast cancer or make it trickier to detect?
Patients who have had breast cancer are closely followed up by the oncology team and where mammography is difficult or impossible, MRI screening is a sensitive tool for breast examination. Patients who are considering cosmetic breast implants sometimes worry about whether implants can hide a breast cancer, but the evidence suggests there is no overall risk compared with women without implants. In what circumstances would flap surgery be more preferential to implants? Is it sometimes the case that one type of surgery is financially more viable than another? Flap surgery is ideal for larger breasted women, those who have had (or will undergo) radiotherapy, and those who are concerned about possible future issues with implants such as leakage, capsular contracture and progressive asymmetry (due to droop of the normal breast). While flap surgery is more expensive in the short term, most patients do not need to see their plastic surgeon again after a year when the result has settled. The sa
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