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Ethnicity and the surgical management of early invasive breast cancer in over 164 000 women

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This large national study examined in detail the patterns in surgical management of early breast cancer in women of different ethnicities. Allowing for different patterns of age and stage at presentation, the surgical management of early breast cancer was similar in all women, regardless of ethnicity. All treated the same Background Limited information
T. Gathani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐term prognosis is associated with residual disease after neoadjuvant systemic therapy but not with initial nodal status

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This long‐term follow‐up study determined survival rates in a Swedish national cohort of 417 patients with breast cancer who all had neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NAST). Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was performed before NAST in clinically node‐negative and after NAST in clinically node‐positive patients.
L. Zetterlund   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local treatment for triple-negative breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: breast-conserving surgery or total mastectomy?

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2021
Background Because there is no exact therapeutic target, the systemic treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) still relies on chemotherapy.
Leqian Guo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of skin-sparing mastectomy: Results of a survey of German Hospitals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the current management of skin-sparing mastectomy in German hospitals and to determine its oncologic safety.
Dian, D.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The Goldilocks mastectomy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Surgery, 2012
To reconstruct a breast mound from cutaneous mastectomy flap tissue alone, obviating the need for additional flap or implant techniques.With growing numbers of obese and elderly women facing breast cancer, options outside of simple mastectomy without reconstruction and formal breast reconstruction using complex autologous flap harvesting techniques or ...
Heather Richardson, Grace Ma
openaire   +3 more sources

Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized study comparing breast-conserving surgery with radical mastectomy for early breast cancer.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2002
BACKGROUND We conducted 20 years of follow-up of women enrolled in a randomized trial to compare the efficacy of radical (Halsted) mastectomy with that of breast-conserving surgery.
U. Veronesi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Innovative post mastectomy bra for increasing self-convenience and confidence patients

open access: yesMedisains, 2019
Background: The act of mastectomy can affect body image because it loses part of the body and affects their social relationships with others. The existed bra is felt uncomfortable when worn so it is necessary to develop a special post mastectomy bra to ...
Oting Susilawati, Agus Santosa
doaj   +1 more source

Complications of mastectomy for breast cancer in a tertiary care centre in South-west Nigeria

open access: yesAnnals of Health Research, 2020
Background: An important aspect of the surgical management of breast cancer is loco-regional control which can be accomplished by either breast conservation surgery or mastectomy.
BA Ayoade   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coping in Post-Mastectomy Breast Cancer Survivors and Need for Intervention: Systematic Review

open access: yesBreast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research, 2023
Background: Breast cancer is the most prominent cancer type to affect women. Surgical treatment of invasive breast cancers involves mastectomy. Due to mastectomy, women are subjected to social, emotional, and cultural problems which need to be addressed.
Anju Mishra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and predictors of postdischarge antibiotic use following mastectomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
OBJECTIVESurvey results suggest that prolonged administration of prophylactic antibiotics is common after mastectomy with reconstruction. We determined utilization, predictors, and outcomes of postdischarge prophylactic antibiotics after mastectomy with ...
Fraser, Victoria J   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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