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Mammographic screening: evidence from randomised controlled trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
BACKGROUND: All randomised breast cancer screening trials have shown a reduction in breast cancer mortality in the 'invited for mammography' screening arm compared with the 'control arm' for women aged 50 years and older at ...
Koning, H.J. (Harry) de
core   +2 more sources

Computer simulation of breast reduction surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Plastic surgery of the breast, particularly breast reduction, is considered difficult. It can become a challenge for a less experienced surgeon to understand exactly what to do when facing a particular type of breast and how to avoid ...
A Gheita   +25 more
core   +1 more source

Reliability and versatility of the Wise pattern, medial pedicle for breast reduction in South Africa

open access: yesSurgery Open Science, 2020
Background: Breast hypertrophy is a condition of abnormal enlargement of the breast which may continue until each breast weighs more than 1.5 kg (macromastia) or even more than 2 kg (gigantomastia).
Marietha Nel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Signal calibration for an electrical impedance mammography system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) technology has been applied clinically since the 1980s. Numerous papers have addressed a variety of systematic error sources and indicated different calibration methods.
Béqo, Nevis   +6 more
core   +1 more source

A Combination of Direct-to-Implant and Vertical Mastopexy Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Case Report [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2018
Patients with large or ptotic breasts who undergo nipple-sparing mastectomy and direct-to-implant (DTI) reconstruction tend to exhibit poor esthetic outcomes.
Kwang Hyun Park   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New generation of electrochemical immunoassay based on polymeric nanoparticles for early detection of breast cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Screening and early diagnosis are the key factors for the reduction of mortality rate and treatment cost of cancer. Therefore, sensitive and selective methods that can reveal the low abundance of cancer biomarkers in a biological sample are always ...
Al-Hetlani, Entesar   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Multimodality Review of Imaging Features Following Breast Reduction Surgery

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Breast Health, 2021
Reduction mammoplasty is a common surgical procedure that removes a significant portion of the breast, and the resulting changes to the breast parenchyma are frequently seen on breast imaging studies. Any radiologist who interprets breast imaging studies
Sally H. Goudreau   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breast cysts and aluminium-based antiperspirant salts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
On the basis that aluminium-based antiperspirant salts are designed to block apocrine sweat ducts of the axilla, and that breast cysts result from blocked breast ducts in the adjacent region of the body, it has been proposed that breast cysts may arise ...
Darbre, Philippa
core  

Breast Reduction in the Irradiated Breast: Evidence for the Role of Breast Reduction at the Time of Lumpectomy

open access: yesThe Breast Journal, 2010
Given the high incidence of breast cancer in our society, it is common to encounter patients with macromastia who desire breast reduction after breast-conserving therapy by lumpectomy and radiation. We hypothesize that radiation leads to a significant increase in postoperative complications after breast reduction.
Carolyn C. Schook   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Decoding the dual role of autophagy in cancer through transcriptional and epigenetic regulation

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation controls autophagy, which exerts context‐dependent effects on cancer: Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by maintaining cellular homeostasis or promotes tumor progression by supporting survival under stress. In this “In a Nutshell” article, we explore the intricate mechanisms of the dual function of autophagy ...
Young Suk Yu, Ik Soo Kim, Sung Hee Baek
wiley   +1 more source

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