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Cancer and Breast Reconstruction

Dr. Miguel Angel Medina, Director of Microsurgery with Miami Cancer Institute, says a worry about breast reconstruction is the problem with making one side match the other. He points out the cost-benefit analysis is always complicated. He explains for a patient that has a genetic predisposition to cancer, where the likelihood is more likely than not, this is a life-saving treatment.

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