Advice from Dr Yunaev
A lumpectomy removes the cancer and keeps your breast. But it can also leave a hollow, a flattened area or one breast sitting smaller than the other. Research shows lumpectomy may cause major deformities and asymmetries in about one-third of patients. If you’re …
Getting a letter or phone call asking you to return after a screening can send your mind straight to the worst place. But being called back after a mammogram in Australia is common, and most women who go back for more tests are …
Most women assume they get to choose when their breasts are rebuilt. Often, the timing is set by something neither of you can know before surgery: whether you’ll need radiotherapy. That one unknown is the main reason some women have immediate breast reconstruction …
Yes, when it follows breast cancer surgery or corrects a medical breast condition. The catch is that as a private patient, Medicare pays only 75% of a fixed government fee, and most surgeons charge more than that fee, so a gap is common. …
Flap-based breast reconstruction rebuilds a breast using your own skin and fat, moved from another part of your body. The best known version is the DIEP flap, which uses tissue from the lower tummy. It isn’t the only option, though. Tissue can also …
Two women can have the same operation, on the same list, with the same implants. For one, it’s cosmetic surgery. For the other, it’s medically necessary breast surgery. The technique doesn’t decide which is which. It’s decided by what the operation is correcting. …
Cosmetic breast augmentation is not covered by Medicare in Australia. The breast augmentation Medicare items exist for two situations only (surgery in the context of breast cancer, and correction of a developmental abnormality of the breast), and each carries criteria written directly into …
A breast cancer diagnosis brings a wave of decisions, and few feel as personal as choosing how your surgery will be performed. For many women, breast-conserving surgery (removing the cancer while keeping the rest of the breast intact) is a safe and effective …
For most of the last decade, women who were told they had a positive lymph node were also told that the whole armpit needs to come out. That’s no longer automatically true. A sentinel node biopsy that comes back positive is now the …
Choosing between an implant and your own tissue for reconstruction is a decision many women face after a mastectomy diagnosis. Both are established breast reconstruction options in Australia, and neither is universally “better”. The right one depends on your body, your cancer treatment, …
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