mastectomy

April 14, 2017

Inherited Cancer Risk Leads Travel Blogger to Choose Mastectomy

Susan Van Dusen

Lesley Murphy with Dr. Ochoa and family

April 14, 2017 | Lesley Murphy is accustomed to waking up in exotic locations. From snow-covered Finland to the beaches of Bali, this 29-year-old professional blogger spends more than 300 days a year documenting her travels to vacation destinations around the world.

January 4, 2012

Mastectomy Patients Offered Total Skin-Sparing Procedure

Nate Hinkel

Jan. 4, 2011 | Cristiano Boneti, M.D., is excited that breast cancer patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) now have a surgical option that wasn’t available as recently as seven years ago. The procedure is called the total skin-sparing mastectomy, and it can give improved reconstruction results to breast cancer patients who undergo mastectomy procedures.