Kuhn's Paradigms: Are Those Closest to Treating Bladder Cancer the Last to Appreciate the Paradigm Shift?

words, to encourage women to delay the prophylactic decision to a later date, when they are not simultaneously trying to cope with the decisions related to cancer therapy and are able to focus on the risks and benefits of loss of a healthy breast. The implications of this approach in relation to time lost from work, exposure to an additional surgical procedure, and the quality of the reconstruction will need to be investigated, but reasonable opportunities for a delayed procedure may occur after chemotherapy and before radiation, or for women who postpone reconstruction because of the need for postmastectomy radiotherapy at the time of a delayed reconstruction.