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The mission of the nonprofit Breast Preservation Foundation (BPF) is to increase awareness of the skin-sparing mastectomy, an oncoplastic surgical technique, through a national campaign of public awareness and medical research and education. Our goal is to provide clinically accurate information about the skin-sparing mastectomy, to educate patients about its advantages, and to empower women to consider and discuss the technique with their breast care team.

The BPF was established by Joel Aronowitz, M.D., a widely respected plastic surgeon and Clinical Chief of the division of plastic surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Aronowitz and the BPF team of experts from across the country are concerned that many women with unsightly scars are still receiving unnecessarily disfiguring mastectomies, which leave women with poor options for good cosmetic reconstruction. This is particularly alarming when new aesthetic techniques such as a properly placed biopsy incision and skin-sparing mastectomy could significantly improve cosmetic outcomes without affecting the risk of disease recurrence.

The BPF advocates that women insist surgeons recognize how important the appearance of their breasts are to a woman’s quality of life. Breast cancer patients and surgeons should be sure that the most modern aesthetic techniques and principles are applied with the same rigor as is given to the treatment of cancer.

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