Surgery
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Miss Christina Choy is an experienced oncoplastic breast surgeon based in London. She treats all with respect, honesty and with compassion and professionalism. She has a specialist expertise in one-stop rapid assessment for various breast symptoms and lumps, family history risk assessment and genetic testing, breast screening and counselling, state of the arts management for both benign breast disease and breast cancer. She works with a group of dedicated multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic personal care with updated and cutting-edge management approaches for breast management..
Miss Christina Choy qualified from the Medical School of the University of Sydney and undertook her postgraduate training in surgery and has worked in various major centres in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, including The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She worked as consultant breast surgeon in the NHS previously and was once Lead for the Breast Service at the Homerton University Hospital. She has worked in the private sector since 2003. From January 2017 she has worked exclusively in the private sectors with practising privileges at the London Breast Institute in the Princess Grace Hospital, the London Clinic, OneWelbeck, King Edward VII Hospital, the Harley Street Clinic (16 Devonshire Street), The Lister Hospital, the Chelsea Outpatient Centre, the Chiswick Medical Centre and the Clementine Churchill Hospital
Miss Choy has worked in research and studies in conjunction with the pathology department at St Bartholomew's Hospital on a study of the gene arrays and demographic data of young women, particularly Afro-Caribbean women and other ethnic groups, presenting with breast cancer. Other projects that she is involved in include research into barriers to women accessing early diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer in various ethnic groups (in conjunction with King's College Hospital), and presented the development of a 23-hour model for early discharge after breast cancer surgery in Parliament for Black Afro-Caribbean and Ethnic Minority Group, BAEM).
We spoke with leading oncoplastic breast surgeon, Miss Christina Choy to find out more information on genetic testing. We found out exactly what is, what kinds of genetic tests are available, what the results of a genetic test mean and who should consider a genetic test to determine their likelihood of getting breast cancer. We also found out if a mastectomy is worth having to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Following a mastectomy, many women will opt to have breast reconstruction. There are various methods of reconstructing the breast, with the two main procedures being; implant reconstruction and flap reconstruction. Miss Christina Choy talks to us about the ins and outs of breast reconstruction surgery and if there are any alternatives.
October is breast cancer awareness month and leading breast surgeon Miss Christina Choy offers lifestyle tips that may reduce the risk of contracting the disease, along with signs symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
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