Medical Intel

Surgery is the gold-standard breast cancer treatment, but some techniques leave women flat-chested or with lopsided breasts. Dr. Patricia Wehner discusses how many women can benefit from oncoplastic surgery, which offers a more natural breast shape so women can look and feel more confident after surgery.    TRANSCRIPT Intro: MedStar Washington Hospital Center presents Medical Intel where our healthcare team shares health and wellness insights and gives you the inside story on advances in medicine. Host: We’re speaking with Dr. Patricia Wehner, a surgeon with fellowship training in breast surgical oncology and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Today we’re discussing breast oncoplasty. Welcome Dr. Wehner. Dr. Wehner: Thanks for having me today. Host: What is breast oncoplasty? Dr. Wehner: Oncoplasty in and of itself, what that actually means is it just means removing the area of cancer with attention to cosmesis. So, it’s really removing the area of cancer by doing a partial mastectomy and figuring out a way