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Cancer survivors forced to wait years for breast reconstructions

Cancer survivors forced to wait years for breast reconstructions

Around 8,000 women need to have a breast removed every year, but in rural and regional Australia some women must wait years for surgery if they’re lucky enough to get it at all.

National rural health reporter, Steven Schubert.

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