Understanding risk-reducing breast surgery
This audiobook is for anyone who is thinking about risk-reducing breast surgery. You may consider this if you have a high risk of developing breast cancer.
This audiobook explains what risk-reducing breast surgery is and what it involves. It talks about the different types of risk-reducing breast surgery. There is information about the benefits, limitations and risks of each type of surgery.
In this audiobook
- 1 Track 1 - Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Track 2 - Introduction
- 3 Track 3 - What is risk-reducing breast surgery
- 4 Track 4 - Making a decision about having risk-reducing breast surgery
- 5 Track 5 - Types of risk-reducing breast surgery
- 6 Track 6 - Other options for managing a high risk of breast cancer
- 7 Track 7 - What is breast reconstruction and talking with your surgeon
- 8 Track 8 - Types of breast reconstruction - breast implants
- 9 Track 9 - Types of breast reconstruction - using your own tissue
- 10 Track 10 - Comparing breast reconstruction options
- 11 Track 11 - Improving the final look and shape after a breast reconstruction
- 12 Track 12 - After your breast reconstruction surgery and recovery
- 13 Track 13 - Possible complications after breast reconstruction surgery
- 14 Track 14 - Checking your breasts
- 15 Track 15 - Relationships, sex and intimacy, and the emotional effects
- 16 Track 16 - About our information
- 17 Track 17 - Other ways we can help you
- 18 Track 18 - Other useful organisations
- 19 Track 19 - Can you do something to help
- 20 Track 20 - Information about this recording
This audiobook is for anyone who is thinking about risk-reducing breast surgery. You may consider this if you have a high risk of developing breast cancer.
This audiobook explains what risk-reducing breast surgery is and what it involves. It talks about the different types of risk-reducing breast surgery. There is information about the benefits, limitations and risks of each type of surgery.
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