Manhattan Scientifics Inc (MHTX)

[jim30jen]

Agreed. After a diagnosis of cancer the patient is left to make her own decisions as to what treatment path to take. A surgeon usually explains the options but then it is up to the patient who is under emotional stress to try to decide which treatment option is best, lumpectomy or mastectomy. Sometimes she makes the wrong decision. In the case of lumpectomy sometimes there is a second surgery to remove more tissue to assure "clean" edges around the place vacated by the tumor. Also the remaining breast tissue is then subject to radiation and the patient undergoes a full regimen of chemo therapy, not necessarily in that order. With a mastectomy there is nothing left to radiate so you skip that but then there is chemo and reconstruction. If there is time to coordinate the schedules of the surgeon and a plastic surgeon both surgeries can be done at the same time. This usually requires implants which in themselves can be dangerous. Perhaps a better option is "Diep Flap" reconstruction which involves the use of the patient's own belly fat to construct new breasts. One in eight women get breast cancer and one in one thousand men get breast cancer so fellas, this isn't just a woman's disease. Until it is eradicated we're not out of the woods yet!