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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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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
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of Life among Post-Mastectomy with and without Reconstruction Breast Cancer Patients in Onkologi Surabaya Hospital

Indonesian Journal of Cancer, 2021
Background: The quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BCa) patients is an outcome of therapy that is often overlooked. In real life, postoperative breast cancer patients experience deep trauma in view that breasts are a symbol of femininity, which are ...
Cindy Angelina Limantara, Ario Djatmiko
doaj   +1 more source

Determination of Ontological Well-Being and Self-Compassion Levels in Patients with Mastectomy: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Scand J Caring Sci
ABSTRACT Background Individuals who undergo mastectomy encounter many psychosocial problems, and individuals need to be evaluated psychosocially during the surgery process. Although the concepts of ontological well‐being and self‐compassion are new in the literature, they provide important clues for the psychosocial evaluation of individuals.
Çalışkan BB, Annak İM, Kabasakal A, Aktaş Ö, Büyükkasap AE, Kutlu FY.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Why do hospital mastectomy rates vary? Differences in the decision-making experiences of women with breast cancer

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Hospital mastectomy rates vary. This study explores the relationship between mastectomy rates and breast cancer patients’ consultation and decision-making experiences with specialist clinicians.
Collins, K, Holt, S, T W Noble (16230710), S H Ahmedzai (16230707), L J M Caldon, Stotter, A, K A Collins (16230701), M W R Reed, D M Sibbering (16230713), D M Sibbering, S Holt, D J Wilde (16230704), Noble, TW, Caldon, LJM, K A Collins, Collins, KA, Wilde, DJ, A Stotter, S Holt (9850790), S H Ahmedzai, Sibbering, DM, T W Noble, Malcolm Reed (4465876), Reed, MWR, L J M Caldon (16222556), A Stotter (13595992), Ahmedzai, SH, D J Wilde   +27 more
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The Effects of Mastectomy and Post-Mastectomy Reconstructive Surgery of Breast-cancer Patients on their Depression, Self-esteem and Self-efficacy Beliefs

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2019
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to draw a comparison between patients diagnosed with breast-cancer and had mastectomy and post-mastectomy reconstructive operation with respect to their depression, self-esteem and self-efficacy belief scores against ...
Zehra Kanmaz, Osman Tolga Aricak
doaj   +1 more source

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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Reprogramming the Immune Landscape of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Inflammatory breast cancer is the most lethal subtype of breast cancer and is characterized by an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) driven by a complex network of immune cells and inflammatory cytokines, contributing to its aggressiveness and treatment challenges. Immune checkpoint inhibitors, either alone or in combination, show potential
Verena Martinez‐Rodriguez, Suguru Ogata, Xiaoping Wang, Naoto T. Ueno   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Residual breast tissue after robot-assisted nipple sparing mastectomy

Breast, 2021
Introduction: While the long-term oncologic safety of robot-assisted nipple sparing mastectomy (RNSM) remains to be elucidated, histologically detected residual breast tissue (RBT) can be a surrogate for oncologically sound mastectomy.
Ko Un Park, MD, Gary H. Tozbikian, MD, David Ferry, RNFA, Allan Tsung, MD, Mathew Chetta, MD, Steven Schulz, MD, Roman Skoracki, MD   +6 more
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Development of immunocompetent models for primary and metastatic ER+ breast cancer

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study explores syngeneic, immunocompetent models of ER+ breast cancer in 129S6/SvEv mice, using trackable tumor cells to model both primary tumors and metastasis. The models show promise, while also revealing limitations for studying advanced disease and immune interactions.
Devon M. Bull, Jody Hazlett, Emily Schulpen, Sophie Tunnicliffe, Alexander D. McLellan, Anita K. Dunbier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source