Free Surgery
for Women in Need of Breast Reconstruction
There are 44 million Americans without any
health insurance at all. Half of these are women, and 10% of these women will be
afflicted with breast cancer at some time in their lives.
Some of those women will lose a large part or
most of their breast(s) due to surgery necessary for treatment of the breast
cancer.
Of those who have lost a substantial amount
of breast tissue (and sometimes the nipple too), some would like reconstruction
with an implant and creation of a nipple.
This is a good part of what we teach. If
anyone who needs reconstruction of a breast, and if an adequate breast
reconstruction can be done with an implant and the creation of a nipple with the
techniques we use is possible, our faculty and most of our members will provide
the surgical services to those who need this help for free.
There will be some expenses for such things
as the implant itself, which may cost several hundred dollars.
If you are a woman who needs and would like
to receive free surgical services to reconstruct the breast, contact us by
e-mail at ascbs@mail.ascbs.org
We will then e-mail to you the required
information we need and the disclaimer and release information. We will then
place you in contact with one of our surgeons closest to you, who will see you
without charge to evaluate whether reconstruction with a breast implant can be
done.