Dr. Salah al-Zaanin, a consultant laser and plastic surgeon, is preparing to conduct a breast reconstruction surgery in two weeks in his clinic in the Gaza Strip. The patient is a 37-year-old Palestinian woman who had a mastectomy due to cancer about four years ago.
Although breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among females in Palestine — accounting for 31.1% of the total number of cancer cases among women — breast reconstructive surgery is limited in a society where female patients undergo much suffering.