Overview
- The Today contributor stressed the operation is preventative and that her cancer has not returned.
- Her surgeon, Dr. Elisa Port of Mount Sinai, described the repair as similar to a complex skin graft to prevent wound reopening and infection.
- Martin expects at least three nights in the hospital followed by several weeks of recovery at home.
- This marks her eighth surgery or procedure since her 2023 diagnosis and double mastectomy.
- A BRCA2 mutation shaped her treatment decisions, and she continues to use her platform to urge genetic testing for earlier intervention.