Having the operation will reduce Vikki's chance of getting breast cancer from between 50-60% to just 1%.

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The surgeon who carried out her operation is being investigated by the police over alleged botched or unnecessary breast cancer operations at West Midlands hospitals.

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However, they did find that women undergoing breast enhancement surgery were running extra risks - but mainly associated with the operation itself.

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Professor David Sharpe, a consultant plastic surgeon based at Bradford Royal Infirmary, said he had failed to persuade medical insurance companies to pay for breast reduction surgery even in cases where it was obvious that the patient required the operation on medical grounds.

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