This 49 year-old woman developed cancer in her right breast.  She underwent a right mastectomy by a breast oncology surgeon in a Fort Worth hospital.  During that operation Dr. Kunkel reconstructed her breast with a latissimus flap and tissue expander.  A few months later the tissue expander was replaced

This 50 year-old woman was found to have cancer in her left breast. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 229 pounds. She wanted to keep her breasts rather than undergo mastectomies.  Using a breast conservation therapy approach, a Fort Worth breast oncology surgeon performed a left partial

This 70 year-old woman developed cancer in her right breast.  A Fort Worth breast oncology surgeon performed a right breast lumpectomy/partial mastectomy to remove the cancer.  Dr. Kunkel rearranged the remaining right breast tissue using oncoplastic breast surgery technique.  He also performed a left

This 45 year-old woman was found to have DCIS in her right breast.  She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, and has large, pendulous breasts.  Her mastectomies were performed in Fort Worth using an “anchor” pattern incision like Dr. Kunkel might use for a breast reduction. 

This 47 year-old woman with cancer in her left breast had previously undergone breast augmentation.  To treat her cancer she underwent bilateral mastectomies by a breast oncology surgeon in a Fort Worth hospital.  Dr. Kunkel reconstructed her breasts with tissue expanders.  He replaced tissue

This 41 year-old woman developed cancer in her right breast.  She is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.  To treat the cancer a Fort Worth breast oncology surgeon performed bilateral mastectomies.  Dr. Kunkel reconstructed each breast with a tissue expander.  The expanders were replaced 3 1/2 months

This 53 year-old woman was found to have cancer in her left breast.  She underwent bilateral mastectomies and reconstruction with tissue expanders.  She spent one night in a Fort Worth hospital.   Dr. Kunkel later replaced the tissue expanders with 375 cc moderate-plus profile silicone

This 69 year-old woman had previously undergone a left mastectomy to treat her left breast cancer.  She decided to have her right breast removed to prevent her from getting cancer in that breast.  A breast oncology surgeon performed the right mastectomy in a Fort Worth hospital.  Dr. Kunkel reconstructed both

This 51 year-old woman developed cancer in her right breast.  A Fort Worth breast oncology surgeon completed a lumpectomy through an incision along the upper part of the right breast.  The margins of the lumpectomy specimen were positive (still had cancer present) and the patient required a right mastectomy to

This 73 year-old woman underwent breast augmentation with silicone gel implants when she was 30 (43 years before she visited with Dr. Kunkel!).  Over time her right breast became firm and tender.  After visiting with Dr. Kunkel in his Fort