Many women require surgery on the breast opposite of their breastcancerto achieve symmetry with their reconstructed breast site. Some women may require enlargement (breast augmentation) of the contra-lateral breast while others may require a breast reduction. Older women with ptotic breasts (that "d...
The authors concluded that the findings of this meta-analysis indicated that the risk of surgical complications and tissue necrosis after reduction mammaplasty was higher in obese patients than in non-obese patients and that the risk gradually increased with an increase in the severity of obesity. ...
Insurers have commonly used the amount of breast tissue to be removed as a criterion for evaluating the medical necessity of breast reduction surgery. In a survey of managed care policies regarding breast reduction surgery, Krieger and colleagues reported (2001) found that most of the respondents s...
After surgery, your doctor may recommend radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, or a combination of therapies. Additional therapies decrease the risk of cancer returning or spreading. Radiation therapy usually is recommended after a lumpectomy to destroy any cancer cells ...
"Lumpectomy or mastectomy? Is breast conserving surgery too expensive?" Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 45 (1): 7-14.Norum J, Olsen J A, Wist E A. 1997. "Lumpectomy or mastectomy? Is breast conserving surgery too expensive?" Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 45 (1): 7-14. [...
BreastConservingSurgeryinPatientswithEarlyCancerAfterLocal 系统标签: 乳腺癌肿块lumpectomy手术切除breast ・临床论著・ 早期乳腺癌局部肿块切除术后的保乳手术 徐发良 ① 王文彦 王翔倡 (中国医学科学院 北京协和医学院 肿瘤医院乳腺外科,北京 100021) 【摘要】 目的 探讨乳腺癌肿块局部切除后行保乳手术的可行性和安全...
For most mastectomy patients, breast reconstruction dramatically improves their appearance and quality of life following lumpectomy or mastectomy surgery.Will I Need My Breast Reconstruction Revised Later?At Richmond Aesthetic Surgery, most patients who undergo breast reconstruction with a single-stage ...
Lumpectomyin combination with axillary lymph node removal Modifiedradical mastectomyin combination with axillary lymph node removal Combinedcancersurgery and radiation therapy to a lymph node region (such as the neck,armpit, groin, pelvis, orabdomen) ...
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Approximately 10% of breast cancer patients treated with lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery [BCS]) and whole-breast radiation (WBI) will have a subsequent in-breast local recurrence of cancer (IBTR) when followed long term. The surgical standard of care has been t...