I found out it was not used during my lumpectomy surgeries.

As I understand it, the BioZorb is supposed to be absorbed by the body in about a year. The problem is not necessarily that the product is "defective" but that patients have had physical side effects (painful scarring, tissue buildup that creates hard lumps, rashes, skin deformations, and/or uneven breast size). It is alleged that these possible side effects were "downplayed" by the manufacturer. Now if a doctor wants to use this product, they need to get specific "informed consent" from the patient. I went through something similar with the drug Taxotere, most of us go through chemo and lose our hair with the expectation that it will grow back. Apparently, there was a class action suit being developed by patients who used Taxotere and the hair did not grow back, so I had to sign off that I understood that this was a possible, permanent consequence of using this drug.

The biozorb is made of a bioabsorbable (plastic looking )material, with 6 titanium markers. The bioabsorble material dissolves, the titanium markers stay to mark the lumpectomy site. .... Maybe the person isn't all that familiar with it? (My radiation oncologist knew of it, but I was first patient she had with it. I guess it isn't all that common.) Mine definitely was on it's way to dissolving. . It just took WAY longer than they said it would. What was ultrasound for?

I had and ultra sound again today. I asked about it. She showed me where it was. She said it is metal and will never dissolve. I was told it would dissolve.

I was told that the BIozorb was developped to help define a more targeted area for radiation. However, my doctor suggested it because I was opposed to plastic surgery at the time, and she was planning to do a peach sized lumpectomy. The position of my cancer to be removed fit perfectly with the size and position of the lumpectomy. I had the Biozorb more as an alternative to plastic surgery. I had partial breast radiation and it also helped better define the target area for that as well.