The surgery that helped one suburban Chicago woman feel whole after breast cancer

CHICAGO - The American Cancer Society estimates over 300,000 women will be diagnosed with an invasive breast cancer this year.

For some women, that means having surgery — sometimes more than once — to make sure all the cancer cells have been removed.

In a Fox 32 special report , Dawn Hasbrouck takes a look at a procedure one Chicago area hospital is offering that not only helps preserve the patient's breast but her sense of self too.

Blending medicine and aesthetics

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"I still see it in the mirror," said Jody Simmons, a breast cancer patient. "Scars are fading. I don't feel distorted. I mean, for me, I was more concerned about that. I'm not a very vain person, but it was more about feeling whole afterwards."

When she was diagnosed two years ago following a rou