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Survival comparison of breast conserving therapy and mastectomy with breast reconstruction for breast cancer using propensity score matched cohort

open access: yesScientific Reports
Cohort studies have suggested that breast-conserving therapy (BCT) offers better survival outcomes compared to mastectomy in patients with early breast cancer (BC).
Hao Li   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impairments, activity limitations and participation restrictions 6 and 12 months after breast cancer operation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
OBJECTIVE: To describe the impairments of upper body and limbs, activity limitations and participation restrictions 6 and 12 months after operation for breast cancer and to examine the impact of impairments on activity limitations.
Kärki, Anne   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A single-center, randomized, non-inferiority study evaluating seroma formation after mastectomy combined with flap fixation with or without suction drainage: protocol for the Seroma reduction and drAin fRee mAstectomy (SARA) trial

open access: yesBMC Cancer, 2020
Background Seroma formation is a common complication after breast cancer surgery and can lead to delayed wound healing, infection, patient discomfort and repeated visits to the outpatient clinic.
Lisa de Rooij   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Case Base Mining for Adaptation Knowledge Acquisition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In case-based reasoning, the adaptation of a source case in order to solve the target problem is at the same time crucial and difficult to implement.
Badra, Fadi   +5 more
core   +5 more sources

Goldilocks Mastectomy with Bilateral In Situ Nipple Preservation Via Dermal Pedicle

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2018
Summary:. Patients who don’t want or can’t have formal breast reconstruction after mastectomy surgery can be considered for a Goldilocks mastectomy, where the breast fullness is recreated from what is left behind after the gland tissue is removed from ...
Heather Richardson, MD   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Body Image of Women with Breast Cancer After Mastectomy: A Qualitative Research

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Breast Health, 2016
Objective:To gain a holistic and deep understanding about how mastectomy effects the body image of women who have breast cancer.Materials and Methods: The sample of this qualitative descriptive study consisted of twenty patients who underwent mastectomy ...
Sema Koçan, Ayla Gürsoy
doaj   +1 more source

Breast cancer in Malta : a comparative study between the year 2000 and 2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Introduction: During the last decade, Malta experienced the introduction of a number of programmes and initiatives aiming to raise risk and cancer awareness on breast cancer.
Caruana Dingli, Gordon, Caruana, Mandy
core  

Genomic aberrations in normal tissue adjacent to HER2-amplified breast cancers: field cancerization or contaminating tumor cells? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Field cancerization effects as well as isolated tumor cell foci extending well beyond the invasive tumor margin have been described previously to account for local recurrence rates following breast conserving surgery despite adequate surgical margins and
Benz, Christopher C   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Surgical treatment after neoadjuvant systemic therapy for HER2-positive invasive breast cancer in the Netherlands: 10-Year trends and the influence an accompanying DCIS component

open access: yesBreast
Background: The presence of a DCIS component accompanying invasive breast cancer (IBC) is associated with a higher rate of primary mastectomy compared to IBC without DCIS.
Roxanne A.W. Ploumen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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