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Combined Reconstruction and Registration of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the potential to en- hance breast cancer detection by reducing the confounding e ect of su- perimposed tissue associated with conventional mammography.
Arridge, S   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Submuscular and Pre-pectoral ADM Assisted Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Literature Review

open access: yesMedicina, 2020
Background and objectives: Breast cancer treatment has deeply changed in the last fifty years. Acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) were introduced for breast reconstruction, with encouraging results, but with conflicting reports too.
Roberto Cuomo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A comparative study of breast surface reconstruction for aesthetic outcome assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer type in women, and while its survival rate is generally high the aesthetic outcome is an increasingly important factor when evaluating different treatment alternatives.
Bishop, David   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Postmastectomy breast reconstruction awareness and attitudes in Nigerian women with breast cancer: A descriptive, cross sectional survey

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Sciences, 2022
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa has a high burden of breast cancer and very low rates of breast reconstruction. This study aimed to determine the awareness of and attitude to breast reconstruction among women with breast cancer who had mastectomy ...
Afieharo I Michael   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual health and emotional changes in colombian women with breast cancer

open access: yesPsicooncologia, 2016
Objective: Determine the effect of mood, anxiety and depression on sexual health and the impact on colombian women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer.
Luz Stella Bueno-Robles   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shaping the Breast in Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery: An Easy Three-Step Principle. Part II - Breast Reconstruction after Total Mastectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is Part II of four parts describing the three-step principle being applied in reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery. Part I explains how to analyze a problematic breast by understanding the main anatomical features of a breast and how they ...
Blondeel, Phillip   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Long-term Quality of Life in Patients With Breast Cancer After Breast Conservation vs Mastectomy and Reconstruction.

open access: yesJAMA Surgery, 2022
Importance Treatment options for early breast cancer include breast-conserving surgery with radiation therapy (RT) or mastectomy and breast reconstruction without RT.
S. Hanson   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Profiling human breast epithelial cells using single cell RNA sequencing identifies cell diversity. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Breast cancer arises from breast epithelial cells that acquire genetic alterations leading to subsequent loss of tissue homeostasis. Several distinct epithelial subpopulations have been proposed, but complete understanding of the spectrum of ...
Blake, Kerrigan   +16 more
core   +1 more source

The evolution of autologous breast reconstruction

open access: yesThe Breast Journal, 2020
With breast cancer (BC) becoming more treatable, breast reconstruction has become an integral part of BC treatment. Nowadays, implant‐based breast reconstruction is more common. However, there is a growing interest in autologous breast reconstruction due
D. Costanzo   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incidence of surgical site infection following mastectomy with and without immediate reconstruction using private insurer claims data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
OBJECTIVE: The National Healthcare Safety Network classifies breast operations as clean procedures with an expected 1–2% surgical site infection (SSI) incidence.
Ball, Kelly E   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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