Overview
- The Today contributor emphasized that the operation is preventative and that her cancer has not returned.
- Surgeon Dr. Elisa Port of Mount Sinai explained that radiation can impair healing after mastectomy by thinning the remaining skin.
- The plan involves reinforcing the weakest area, sometimes by replacing damaged skin with tissue from another part of the body to keep the wound closed and avoid infection.
- Martin expects at least three nights in the hospital followed by a few weeks of recovery at home.
- This will be her eighth surgery or procedure in two years, and she continues to use her platform to advocate for life‑saving genetic testing after her BRCA2 diagnosis.