Wiesenthal M
Cancer. 1984 Feb 1;53(3 Suppl):825-7. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19840201)53:3+<825::aid-cncr2820531336>3.0.co;2-n.
The Reach-to-Recovery program and its importance is explained by asking readers to imagine themselves as patients recovering from a mastectomy. The expansion of the Reach-to-Recovery program is discussed including reconstruction visitation, preoperative visits, the man-to-man program, teaching breast self-examination, and the new "specialized visitor."