Presenting all the choices: teaching women about breast prosthetics.

It is imperative that women facing breast cancer surgery have all their options for regaining body symmetry presented to them in a nonbiased manner. Today, women are more likely to receive information about breast reconstruction than about external breast prostheses. This may largely be due to the wealth of information available about reconstruction and the comfort level of the medical community in recommending this procedure. Breast prosthetic science is not taught in medical or nursing education programs, and few articles exist on the subject.