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The American Journal of Nursing, 1963
ISFIGUREMENT AND CANCER are words that individually carry a negative connotation in our society. Some women personally come face to face with both simultaneously through having a breast removed for malignancy. Traditionally in nursing mastectomy has been discussed as a treatment procedure for a disease and emphasis has been given to activities that ...
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ISFIGUREMENT AND CANCER are words that individually carry a negative connotation in our society. Some women personally come face to face with both simultaneously through having a breast removed for malignancy. Traditionally in nursing mastectomy has been discussed as a treatment procedure for a disease and emphasis has been given to activities that ...
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Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1978
Subcutaneous mastectomy is a compromise surgical procedure for the precancerous breast. We do not think that total mastectomy is indicated in such patients. The effect of the small cuff of tissue beneath the areola more than compensates for the minimal additional risk by leaving a more attractive and eminently more acceptable breast.
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Subcutaneous mastectomy is a compromise surgical procedure for the precancerous breast. We do not think that total mastectomy is indicated in such patients. The effect of the small cuff of tissue beneath the areola more than compensates for the minimal additional risk by leaving a more attractive and eminently more acceptable breast.
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Radical Mastectomy and Extended Radical Mastectomy
Postgraduate Medicine, 1964Abandonment of the classic radical mastectomy is not warranted at present. Excision of the internal mammary nodes can be defended in cases in which the cancer is situated in the medial or central part of the breast, with the recognition that it is experimental.
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 2007
With availability of genetic testing and development of statistical models for risk stratification, more women are being identified as having increased risk for breast cancer. A number of risk-reducing treatment options with varying efficacy exist for them, including frequent surveillance, chemoprevention, prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy (PSO), and ...
Shaheen, Zakaria, Amy C, Degnim
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With availability of genetic testing and development of statistical models for risk stratification, more women are being identified as having increased risk for breast cancer. A number of risk-reducing treatment options with varying efficacy exist for them, including frequent surveillance, chemoprevention, prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy (PSO), and ...
Shaheen, Zakaria, Amy C, Degnim
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Subcutaneous Mastectomy v Prophylactic Mastectomy
Archives of Surgery, 1984To the Editor .—The article on subcutaneous mastectomy by Shons and Press 1 is one that I must comment on. The subject of prophylactic mastectomy is receiving a lot of attention. However, the term subcutaneous mastectomy should not be used interchangeably with the term prophylactic mastectomy . The problem comes up as to who should have a prophylactic
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The American Journal of Surgery, 2002
Ambulatory mastectomy has been a topic of heated political debate with little analysis of clinical data.Based on extensive satisfaction surveys, an ideal surgical treatment experience was developed that decreased nausea, increased preoperative education, and reduced perioperative narcotic usage.
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Ambulatory mastectomy has been a topic of heated political debate with little analysis of clinical data.Based on extensive satisfaction surveys, an ideal surgical treatment experience was developed that decreased nausea, increased preoperative education, and reduced perioperative narcotic usage.
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Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2000
The Society of Surgical Oncology has developed a position statement54 that lists conditions warranting consideration of prophylactic mastectomy (Table 4). It must be stressed that there are no absolute indications for prophylactic mastectomy. The data are limited about the efficacy of prophylactic mastectomy in humans, but recent studies suggest that ...
S. Eva Singletary +6 more
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The Society of Surgical Oncology has developed a position statement54 that lists conditions warranting consideration of prophylactic mastectomy (Table 4). It must be stressed that there are no absolute indications for prophylactic mastectomy. The data are limited about the efficacy of prophylactic mastectomy in humans, but recent studies suggest that ...
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Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 1991
AbstractLocal‐regional relapse after breast‐conserving surgery and radiation therapy is operable and not associated with concurrent distant metastases in most cases. Salvage mastectomy results in local‐regional control for most patients. The extent of the surgery relates to the extent of the local‐regional recurrence and does not carry an increased ...
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AbstractLocal‐regional relapse after breast‐conserving surgery and radiation therapy is operable and not associated with concurrent distant metastases in most cases. Salvage mastectomy results in local‐regional control for most patients. The extent of the surgery relates to the extent of the local‐regional recurrence and does not carry an increased ...
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Partial Mastectomy Reconstruction
Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2007The treatment of breast cancer is an evolving field. Different modalities are continuously being developed to maximize patient survival while minimizing the treatment's morbidity. Currently, the two main options for the management of primary breast cancer are total mastectomy and partial mastectomy with radiation.
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