Racial Disparity in Breast Reconstruction? African American Women More Likely to Undergo Autologous Reconstruction
Wolters Kluwer Health: LippincottAfrican American women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer are more likely than white women to undergo autologous breast reconstruction using their own tissue, rather than implant-based reconstruction, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).