Screening, cancer diagnosis, consultation techniques, breast cancer treatment, deal with fear, the importance of teamwork and the multidisciplinary consultation meeting, support during treatment, the end of the treatment, the feeling of therapeutic abandonment, healing, announcing to patients that they are cured, helping patients to overcome this misfortune

What drove him to become a cancer and plastic surgeon, teaching and research, deal with fear, treating cancer, avoiding scars, repairing, 90% of small cancers are cured thanks to surgery, obsession with technical excellence, being useful, the richness of human contact, being an emotional sponge, take charge, advice to young surgeons, the most beautiful job in the world if you can manage anxiety

Isabelle Sarfati is a plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction. She explains why she chose this specialty, which has no therapeutic value per se, but which allows women to “save” their appearance.

The different techniques of reconstruction after breast cancer. prostheses, flaps, filling. techniques of reconstruction of the areola and the nipple, tattooing, grafts. The narcissistic damage of breast cancer treatments. Saving appearances. Choosing to reconstruct or not.

Claude Nos is a surgeon specializing in cancer surgery and breast reconstruction at the Breast Institute. He is involved in research to develop and improve techniques for axillary care.

Jenny Claude Millochau is a specialist in cancer surgery and breast reconstruction at the Breast Institute. She presents the different stages of breast cancer treatment, the first visit and the different surgical techniques.

Anna Sabaila is specialized in cancer surgery and breast reconstruction at the Breast Institute. She explains the choice of her profession and the consequences that cancer has on the lives of patients.

Neil Ouar is a plastic surgeon at the Breast Institute and specializes in breast reconstruction. He presents the different techniques of reconstruction after breast cancer: prosthesis, flaps, lipofilling, …

What is the purpose of a histological report. What is a cancerous cell. What is the purpose of a pathology report for treatment. The size of the tumor, the safety margins around the tumor, its differentiation, its grade, the different histological forms, the molecular characteristics of cancers, estrogen and progesterone receptors, HER receptors, molecular signatures, targeted therapies, the digital revolution, immunotherapy, PARP inhibitors, tumor genomics or somatic genomics

Anne Vincent Salomon is head of the anatomopathology department at the Curie Institute. She diagnoses cancer on biopsies and surgical parts. She explains why she chose this profession.

21 years old, would like to be a plastic surgeon, struck by the strength of the patients, the therapeutic accompaniment, the operating room is pleasant because it is easier to act than to face the distress, would like to be able to follow a patient during all her journey: the announcement, the treatments and the repair.

A film by Isabelle Sarfati on breast cancer through the testimonies of doctors and patients