{"id":810,"date":"2012-10-17T12:58:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T16:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=810"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:45:34","slug":"breast-reconstruction-breast-cancer-surgery-doesnt-have-to-change-your-self-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/breast-reconstruction-breast-cancer-surgery-doesnt-have-to-change-your-self-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Reconstruction: Breast cancer surgery doesn\u2019t have to change your self image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><em>Dr. Kirsty Usher Boyd and Dr. Nicolas Guay<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today, Wednesday, October 17th, is National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (BRA day).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1 in 9 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes. It is projected that roughly 22,700 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>When a woman receives this diagnosis, many aspects of her physical, emotional, and sexual wholeness are threatened. The fear of having a breast removed immediately springs to mind.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to reduce the emotional and physical impact of breast cancer surgery, The Ottawa Hospital has developed an innovative Breast Reconstruction Program to offer a range of reconstructive options for women needing surgical treatment of their breast cancer. This program involves the collaboration of a large team at The Ottawa Hospital, including the staff members of the Women\u2019s Breast Health Centre, general surgeons, plastic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and many ancillary health-care staff.<\/p>\n<p>There are various methods of reconstruction such as different mastectomy options (skin-sparing, nipple-sparing), immediate and delayed reconstruction, implant reconstruction, tissue reconstruction, and nipple and areola reconstruction. You will have a chance to discuss these options with your surgeon and decide together which choice is best for you.<\/p>\n<p>One of the options being given to patients is oncoplastic breast surgery, a specialized technique of breast surgery that not only removes the entire tumour from the patient\u2019s breast completely and safely, but also tries to preserve the shape of the original breast.<\/p>\n<p>At The Ottawa Hospital, we are committed to restoring a patient&#8217;s image and self-assurance, and improving the quality of care they receive.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kirsty Usher Boyd, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C)<br \/>\nDivision of Plastic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital<br \/>\nAssistant Professor &#8211; University of Ottawa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kirsty Usher Boyd and Dr. Nicolas Guay Today, Wednesday, October 17th, is National Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (BRA day). According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1 in 9 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes. It is projected that roughly 22,700 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. When [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}