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Your tailor-made breast

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Dr Johan van Heerden explains what oncoplastic surgery is, and how it results in getting your tailor-made breast.

This episode is brought to you by Word for Word Media, publishers of Oncology Buddies and Buddies for Life in the interest of education, awareness, and support.

Dr Johan van Heerden is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon based at Cintocare Hospital, Pretoria and is part of the multi-disciplinary breast cancer team at Life Groenkloof Hospital. He recently passed the Certificate of Competence in Breast Cancer with The European School of Oncology.
2 Dec English South Africa Health & Fitness

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