Fewer than one in three women eligible for breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy for breast cancer undergo the procedure, according a small snapshot from four counties in California.
from: http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20100430/why-some-breast-cancer-patients-forgo-implants?src=RSS_PUBLIC
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