Breast Cancer Q & A – Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy Advances & Results

Hi and thank you for joining us for Breast Cancer Q & A. Where patients and loved ones, on social networks all over the world, can submit their questions, right there on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter and throughout the week he gives you the answers. And here’s your host, the president of Breast Surgery International, Dr. Jay Harness. Dr. Harness, lots of people want to talk with you about mastectomy and nipple sparing mastectomy. Can we focus on those topics today? Susan on Facebook asks, Dr. Harness, can you explain what have been the traditional ways of performing mastectomy and what happens to the woman’s nipple? On Twitter this week, Rachel in Seal Beach, CA, a daughter advocating for her mom with breast cancer wrote you the following question, she said, Dr. Harness, what should my mom know about nipple-sparing mastectomy? From YouTube, Rosa in Portland, Oregon asks you, what has been your experience performing nipple sparing mastectomy? And what type of feedback have patients given you after having nipple sparing mastectomy? Joan from Hollywood, Fl tweeted to you the following, Dr. Harness can you show some nipple sparing mastectomy examples? Well he’s Dr. Jay Harness, president of Breast Surgery International. For more information, join him on the web at DrJayHarness.com, that’s DrJayHarness.com. If you have a breast cancer question and you need the answer, just submit your question to Dr. Harness on Facebook, Youtube or Twitter and throughout the week, he’ll give …