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

Breast 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, Jayajith Nair, Anjali Midha Sharan   +2 more
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Perceptions of Prophylactic Mastectomy in Korea

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2016
Background Increasingly, prophylactic mastectomy has been evaluated as a treatment of breast cancer. Hereditary breast cancer now accounts for approximately 5%–10% of all cases of breast cancer, meaning that the widespread implementation of prophylactic
Han Young Yoon, Jeong Su Shim, Jong Won Lee   +2 more
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Examination of Sexual Quality of Life and Dyadic Adjustment among Women with Mastectomy

European Journal of Breast Health, 2020
Objective: To investigate the effect of mastectomy on sexual quality of life and dyadic adjustment among women with breast cancer.Materials and Methods: This study was carried out in an analytical and retrospective way by comparing women with mastectomy ...
Sibel Telli, Aysel Gürkan
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Autologous Breast Reconstruction Skin Paddle Designs: Classification and Aesthetic Outcomes

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Open, 2019
Objective Present study was conducted to identify common mastectomy patterns and autologous skin paddle designs, to identify patient characteristics that influence these patterns, and assess aesthetic outcomes associated with each pattern ...
Ivo A. Pestana, Nicholas J. Walker
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Breast‐conserving therapy is associated with better survival than mastectomy in Early‐stage breast cancer: A propensity score analysis

Cancer Medicine, 2022
Background Recent retrospective studies have reported that breast‐conserving therapy (BCT) led to improved overall survival (OS) than mastectomy in some populations.
Jiali Ji, Shushu Yuan, Jiawei He, Hong Liu, Lei Yang, Xuexin He   +5 more
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Prevalence of lymphedema after mastectomy in women living with breast cancer: a systematic review of the influence of immediate reconstruction [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019
This study aimed to analyze, through systematic review of literature, the influence of immediate reconstruction on the prevalence of lymphedema after mastectomy, in women living with breast cancer.
Rafael Vilela Eiras Ribeiro
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Differences in Preoperative Health-Related Quality of Life between Women Receiving Mastectomy or Breast Conserving Surgery in a Prospectively Recruited Cohort of Breast Cancer Patients

Current Oncology, 2022
As rates of total mastectomy rise, the relationships between surgery modality with domains of health-related quality of life is not well understood. This study reports differences in depression, anxiety, pain, and health status among a cohort of women ...
Elaine McKevitt, Maria Saleeb, Guiping Liu, Rebecca Warburton, Jin-Si Pao, Carol Dingee, Amy Bazzarelli, Katelynn Tang, Trafford Crump, Jason M. Sutherland   +9 more
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Decision-making about mastectomy among Chinese women with breast cancer: a mixed-methods study protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction The prevalence of mastectomy in China is higher than its Western counterparts. Little is known about whether Chinese women with breast cancer have been involved in the decision-making process of mastectomy, the level of decisional conflict ...
Jing Liu, Dongmei Guo, Qin Lin, Sally Wai-chi Chan, Sharyn Hunter, Jiemin Zhu, Regina Lai-Tong Lee   +6 more
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Comparison of Patient-reported Outcomes after Implant Versus Autologous Tissue Breast Reconstruction Using the BREAST-Q [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The demand for reconstructive breast procedures of various types has accelerated in recent years. Coupled with increased patient expectations, it has fostered the development of oncoplastic and reconstructive techniques in breast surgery.
Bassetto, Franco, Hromadkova, Veronika, Mestak, Ondrej, Nguyenova, Alena, Pirro, Ortensia, Sukop, Andrej, Vindigni, Vincenzo, Vitova, Lenka   +7 more
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Mastectomy Incision Design to Optimize Aesthetic Outcomes in Breast Reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2020
Background:. Choosing the optimal mastectomy incision must account for oncologic, reconstructive, and aesthetic considerations, including nipple preservation, mastectomy skin margins and potential for skin involvement, mastectomy skin perfusion and ...
Adi Maisel Lotan, MD, Krystina C. Tongson, DO, Alice M. Police, MD, FACS, Wojciech Dec, MD   +3 more
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