Overview
- Martin said the procedure is preventative and emphasized that her cancer has not returned.
- She expects at least three nights in the hospital followed by several weeks of recovery at home.
- Her surgeons cite radiation effects on thin post-mastectomy skin, which can require tissue transfer similar to a skin graft.
- This is her eighth surgery since her 2023 diagnosis, and she carries the BRCA2 gene mutation.
- She has advocated widely for genetic testing after undergoing a double mastectomy with reconstruction, chemotherapy, radiation, and preventive removal of her ovaries and fallopian tubes.