Em dez anos, apenas 17% das mulheres fizeram reconstru��o mam�ria no SUS ap�s c�ncer

Over the past decade, only 17% of women who underwent treatment for breast cancer in Brazil's public healthcare system (SUS) opted for breast reconstruction. The story of Elisângela Santos, a 45-year-old seamstress, highlights this low participation rate after she had a radical mastectomy in a public hospital in Curitiba. This statistic underscores significant gaps in access to reconstructive surgery for cancer survivors within the public health system, raising concerns about the quality of care and support available to these patients. The lack of reconstruction options in the SUS can impact women's physical and psychological recovery, emphasizing the need for policy changes to improve these services.