Marina Del Rey, CA (PRWEB) December 23, 2011

Women with overly big breasts, or macromastia, have an increased risk of breast cancer, claims Dr. Grant Stevens, a renowned board-qualified plastic surgeon and breast reduction surgeon at Marina Plastic Surgical procedure Associates. The cause is not clear, he claims, but it could be connected to weight problems, wherever breast cancer prices are statistically increased, or a delayed analysis of breast most cancers, which is a lot more frequent in significant-breasted women.

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In accordance to Men and women journal, comedian Wanda Sykes underwent breast most cancers surgical treatment in August after most cancers was learned as a consequence of her breast reduction surgical procedure earlier this calendar year.

During a September episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Present, Sykes told DeGeneres that when breast tissue that had been taken out throughout her surgery was routinely sent to the laboratory, ductal carcinoma in situ was detected.

“We have been very carefully watching the literature above the several years linking macromastia to breast most cancers,” Dr. Stevens mentioned. “In addition to the evident difficulties large breasts bring, these as back again strain, bra straps reducing into the shoulders and problems doing exercises, cancer is noticed far more usually in ladies with large breasts. Ms. Sykes encounter is a common illustration of the difficulty in diagnosing most cancers in huge-breasted ladies.”

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Dr. Stevens did not deal with Ms. Sykes, but he has had experience with related situations.

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“In addition, we find that girls with big breasts are also quite self-aware about them. We have completed a lot of breasts reductions, and the ladies are overwhelmingly thrilled with the liberty of a smaller breast dimension,” Dr. Stevens states.

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The risk of breast cancer really should be a purpose for significant-breasted girls to think about reduction surgery, said Dr. Stevens, founder of Marina Plastic Surgical procedure.

“There have been several research to review breast most cancers premiums following breast reduction surgical treatment. Figures do present a lower in breast cancer incidence in the breast reduction group,” Dr. Stevens claims. “Undoubtedly, there are other risk aspects for breast cancer, so we help an all-out assault on the illness by seeking for all factors.”

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