Inflammatory breast cancer is a unique and uncommon type of breast cancer. Inflammatory cancers typically appear swollen, warm, and cause in duration of the breast. This occurs because cancer cells may block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. Biopsies often reveal that patients have lymphatic invasion beneath the skin by the cancer. [...]

Private Insurance Purchasing a private, individual health insurance plan is challenging for patients with cancer history. In 2014, health insurers will not be allowed to deny consumers coverage because of a pre-existing condition such as cancer. But, until then, most states will allow insurers to do so. Some patients may find an “elimination rider” added [...]

Breast Surgey Info – Breast reduction is a surgical procedure undertaken to make the breasts smaller. Most women’s key objective for undergoing breast reduction is to seek relief from the physical symptoms caused by excessively heavy breasts. A reduction in the weight of the breast is achieved by surgically reducing (removing) breast tissue. The procedure [...]

Most insurance plans do cover breast reduction, but have specific criteria they use in deciding whether to approve surgery. These criteria are often difficult to obtain, but if you can get them to tell you, this will give you a roadmap to the approval process. If you can’t get the information, here are the basics. [...]