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Outcomes Differ with Type of Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Nov.22 -- For women who've had breast reconstruction immediately after mastectomy, the type of procedure may determine outcomes following radiation, researchers found. The rate of severe complications requiring...
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Community Factors Predict Reconstruction After Mastectomy
According to new research published in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, women who live in wealthier communities with lower population densities and a larger proportion of college-educated individuals are more likely to have...
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Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy Update
Crowe JP et al.- A low incidence of neoplastic involvement of the nipple-areola cored tissue leads to successful completion of nipple-sparing mastectomy for most patients. Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy Update.
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Many Breast Cancer Patients Are Not Receiving Most Advanced Breast Conserving Surgical Techniques, New Study F
Skin Sparing Approaches Offer Effective Cancer Treatment and Restore the Most Natural Looking Breast LOS ANGELES, Oct.29 /PRNewswire/ -- New surgical techniques have dramatically improved the aesthetic results of mastectomy...
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Many Breast Cancer Patients Are Not Receiving Most Advanced Breast Conserving Surgical Techniques, New Study F
LOS ANGELES, Oct.29 /PRNewswire/ -- New surgical techniques have dramatically improved the aesthetic results of mastectomy without sacrificing outcomes. Properly placed incisions and skin-sparing, or breast skin conserving,...
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Many Breast Cancer Patients Are Not Receiving Most Advanced Breast Conserving Surgical Techniques, New Study F
LOS ANGELES, Oct.29 /PRNewswire/ -- New surgical techniques have dramatically improved the aesthetic results of mastectomy without sacrificing outcomes. Properly placed incisions and skin-sparing, or breast skin conserving,...
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With a Family History of Breast Cancer, She Chose an Elective Double Mastectomy
For the thousands of women whose medical records carry a family history of breast cancer, a special month on a calendar isn't necessary to remind them of this fact of their lives.One woman knows this intimately: October is ...
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Malignant
10, 2005: Mastectomy; 4.5 cm tumor; three positive lymph nodes; and the TV telling me how early detection can save lives.That's my true story. Did I sue? I prayed and I prayed. And then I told my husband that if I were a stage...
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Author to share experience with breast cancer
URBANA Geralyn Lucas slipped on a surgical gown and looked at her right breast for the last time.What would it be like, she wondered, when it was gone? She shivered and knew she needed to reach for courage? She reached for her...
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Breast cancer center opens
It's , and the color pink will be all around from the refreshments to the recommended lipstick color at the grand opening of the Breast Center at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center on Thursday.The center, the only one in the region...
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Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Who Receive Neoadjuvant Therapy Followed by Mastectomy May Not Need Radiati
Women with three or fewer involved lymph nodes appear to have low relapse rate after undergoing pre-operative chemotherapy BOSTON Early-stage breast cancer patients who exhibit limited lymph node involvement may not require post...
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