A Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI MED) team 3D prints prostheses to support breast cancer patients post-mastectomy.

If you choose the option of external prostheses, you can alter your usual bras to have pockets, or you can purchase specialty mastectomy bras that already have pockets built in. The bras help keep ...

A person may choose the option of external prostheses. In that case, they can alter their usual bras to have pockets or purchase specialty mastectomy bras that already have pockets built in.

October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn about and draw attention to the impact of the disease, which according to the World Health Organization was the most prevalent form of ...

A bra and prosthetic for a woman with a single mastectomy costs the program around $250. For double mastectomies, that number is around $500. As October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month ...

A mastectomy is a way to treat breast cancer ... When you can wear a prosthesis or bra. Your surgery site needs to heal first. You’ll find out how long you have to wait. Some people have ...

For those not familiar with the item, a mastectomy bra features fabric pockets inside the bra cups, which can hold a breast prosthesis in place after a mastectomy surgery. This supportive ...

The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 317,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year. Of those who have a mastectomy ... an external prosthesis seemed the ...

At first, she’d bring prosthesis and mastectomy bras and other products in duffel ... she feels like the business she built will be in good hands. “She shares my commitment and philosophy.