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New approach to robotic mastectomy can preserve full breast and nipple sensation

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

By: Deborah Farr, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center From: newswise.com When I was a child, my grandma was diagnosed with breast cancer. She had a radical mastectomy at 55, which back then meant removing all her muscle, skin, and breast tissue – a disfiguring surgery that resulted in lingering pain, swelling, and complete loss of sensation …