practicing in San Francisco. She is the co-director of the Sutter Health California Pacific Medical Center Breast Cancer Program. Dr. Peled’s clinical and research interests include oncoplastic surgery, shared decision-making, and novel approaches to improve quality-of-life after mastectomy and ...
Complications after mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction for breast cancer: a claims-based analysis. Ann Surg. 2015; 263 (2):219–227. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001177. [ Cross Ref ]Colwell AS, Smith BL. Complications after mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction for breast cancer...
While mastectomy may be the only option for some women, others may pursue it to reduce the chance of cancer coming back. Whether this is needed is debatable. Studies have shown that, when used appropriately forearly-stage cancer, BCS with radiation offers the same survival rate as mastectomy....
Since the late 1990s, the use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) to treat unilateral breast cancer has been on the rise. Over the past two deca
constantly barraged with pink ribbon reminders that they need to get their mammography done, as it could potentially save their lives. It is recommended that women get a mammogram every second year after age 50, that being said, amammogr...
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Although mastectomy is the standard treatment modality for breast cancer patients in Ethiopia, our previous study revealed that one in five patients do not receive the recommended procedure, half due to patient refusal or lack of returning to the hospita
After SZA had her own score calculated, the singer took out her implants on Dr. Aliabadi’s recommendation. And, in a hugely impactful social media moment, Munn shared how Dr. Aliabadi helped her detect her breast cancer using the tool. ...
These tests can detect possible signs of breast cancer early so you can start treatment before cancer becomes too difficult to treat. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death for U.S. women after lung cancer. A woman born today has a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast ...
Missing data in covariates can result in biased estimates and loss of power to detect associations. It can also lead to other challenges in time-to-event analyses including the handling of time-varying effects of covariates, selection of covariates and their flexible modelling. This review aims to...