The decision to place breast implants should not be limited to an exclusive matter of aesthetics, but medical protocols should be followed that, in addition to laboratory tests and cardiovascular tests, include a prior review of the moms to rule out any cancerous lesion before surgery.
This topic was one of the points that emerged in a conversation organized by the Dominican Medical College (CMD) and the Dominican Society of Family and Community Medicine (Sodomefyc)that, although the main focus was breast cancer in men, those present had the opportunity to express their concerns to the guest speaker, the family doctor Wendy Rosario.
The doctor indicated that the surgeons “make an evaluation, but there are many things that are left out.”
For her part, the general secretary of the CMD, Francisca Morontatook the floor and told the anecdote of how her only sister had to have her implants removed three months after surgery when an injury was discovered, which could well have been detected earlier under a more exhaustive pre-surgical evaluation.
In response, the gynecologist Sol Vasquez He agreed that patients “be given a complete screening to find out if there is a condition.”
According to the portal www.plasticsurgery.org, Ideally, “a baseline mammogram should be performed before the surgery and one afterward to help detect any subsequent changes in your breast tissue.”
On the subject of breast cancer in men, Dr. Rosario highlighted the need for more documentation and studies in the area, since most efforts are focused on women.
“Men count too. We need to strengthen research on men and statistics,” she pointed out.
