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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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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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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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Twenty-year follow-up of a randomized trial comparing total mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lumpectomy plus irradiation for the treatment of invasive breast cancer.

, 2002
A BSTRACT Background In 1976, we initiated a randomized trial to determine whether lumpectomy with or without radiation therapy was as effective as total mastectomy for the treatment of invasive breast cancer.
Tewart, Nderson, Ohn, RYANt, Ichard, M. G., Argolese, Elvin, Eutsch, Dwin, F. R., Isher, Ong, H, Yeon, Eong, Orman, Olmark   +17 more
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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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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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Risk-reducing mastectomy for the prevention of primary breast cancer.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018
BACKGROUND Recent progress in understanding the genetic basis of breast cancer and widely publicized reports of celebrities undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) have increased interest in RRM as a method of preventing breast cancer.
N. Carbine, Liz Lostumbo, J. Wallace, Henry Ko   +3 more
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Changes in and predictors of length of stay in hospital after surgery for breast cancer between 1997/98 and 2004/05 in two regions of England: a population-based [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND Decreases in length of stay (LOS) in hospital after breast cancer surgery can be partly attributed to the change to less radical surgery, but many other factors are operating at the patient, surgeon and hospital levels.
A Clarke, A Clarke, Amy Downing, CI Neutel, David Forman, Department of Health, Department of Health, EA van der Wilk, Gill Lawrence, GP Westert, J Rasbash, James D Thomas, L Shi, LR Burns, M Morgan, Mark Lansdown, ME Charlson, N Bundred, NHS Breast Screening Programme & Association of Breast Surgery at BASO, NHS Improvement Programme, NP Roos, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, PK Jain, R Lindqvist, Robert M West, RS Ballinger, UK Parliament   +26 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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