The Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day (BRA Day) this year was organised jointly by the Plastic Surgery Department of The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, and the Marie Keating Foundation. This year’s event sponsored by Pfizer was held at the Clayton Airport Hotel on Wednesday 19th October. The free of charge event offered a unique combination of education, support, and connection for breast cancer patients and for those patients who are contemplating risk reducing surgery and breast reconstruction as a result of e.g., a BRCA gene mutation (which predisposes them to develop breast cancer).. This event is unparalleled and has become an annual event in the Marie Keating Foundation’s October event calendar. The seminar not only brings together a host of speakers from different supportive fields but also offers breast cancer patients and their families an opportunity to network and connect with both experts and others sharing a similar journey.
Another special element of this pioneering event is its hosting of a sensitively managed ‘show and tell’ opportunity where guests could meet with some women who have had each type of reconstructive surgery discussed to view and ask questions about their experience and results.
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