Some women choose to undergo breast reconstruction after surgery. Exploring options and preferences with your surgeon. Consider a referral to a plastic surgeon before surgery for breast cancer. Your options may include reconstruction with a synthetic breast implant or reconstruction using your own tissue. These operations can be performed at the time of mastectomy or at a later date.
Radiation therapy uses high-powered beams of energy, such as X-rays to kill cancer cells. Radiotherapy is usually done with a large machine that aims the rays of energy in your body (external radiation therapy). But radiation can also be done by placing radioactive material inside your body (brachytherapy).
External radiation therapy is commonly used after a lumpectomy for breast cancer early.
