Understanding the factors that influence breast reconstruction decision making in Australian women [PDF]
, 2015 Background Breast reconstruction is safe and improves quality of life. Despite this, many women do not undergo breast reconstruction and the reasons for this are poorly understood.
Baghdikian, Nairy +8 more
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Endoscopic breast surgery: where are we now and what might the future hold for video-assisted breast surgery? [PDF]
, 2010 International audienceEndoscopic surgery has been extensively used for many surgical conditions and has gained acceptance as an alternative and less invasive approach to open surgery.
Leff, Daniel Richard +11 more
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Chronic preoperative pain and psychological robustness predict acute postoperative pain outcomes after surgery for breast cancer [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Few epidemiological studies have prospectively investigated preoperative and surgical risk factors for acute postoperative pain after surgery for breast cancer.
Thompson, Alastair M. +36 more
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Oncoplastic breast surgery in older women with primary breast cancer: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2023 Oncoplastic procedures allow excision of larger breast tumours, or unfavourable tumour/breast ratio lesions while achieving a good cosmetic outcome. This increases the pool of patients eligible for breast conservation over mastectomy, reducing the need ...
Lee, Rachel X N +9 more
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Guidance in breast-conserving surgery: tumour localization versus identification [PDF]
, 2022 In breast-conserving surgery (BCS), the tumour is removed with the goal of preserving as much healthy breast tissue as possible. Breast conservation comes with a risk of positive resection margins, an independent predictor of ipsilateral tumour ...
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Staging Investigations in Breast Cancer: Collective Opinion of UK Breast Surgeons [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction. Certain clinicopathological factors are associated with a higher likelihood of distant metastases in primary breast cancer. However, there remains inconsistency in which patients undergo formal staging for distant metastasis and the most ...
R. I. Cutress +7 more
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Quality of Life Differences between Younger and Older Breast Cancer Patients [PDF]
, 2011 PURPOSE: This study was designed to investigate quality of life (QOL) differences between younger (
Ah Reum Lee +5 more
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Excision margins in breast conserving surgery [PDF]
, 2015 The ideal excision margin in breast conserving surgery is still a matter of debate. The aim is to see if there is any correlation between increasing excision margin distance and local recurrence rate.
Debono, Joseph +2 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani +7 more
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An epithelial GPR35 isoform supports tumor‐associated transcriptional and metabolic phenotypes
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.GPR35 generates two functionally distinct isoforms with previously unresolved roles. GPR35‐short mediates immune‐cell chemotaxis, while GPR35‐long is enriched in colorectal cancer epithelium, where it supports increased metabolism, proliferation, and tumor‐associated transcriptional programs.
Jørgen D. Rønneberg +14 more
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