reduction mammoplastyadolescentquality of lifeBREAST-QPedsQLAdolescents with macromastia face serious physical, emotional, and social burdens because of their large breast size. Studies have shown that reduction mammoplasty results in improvement in physical symptoms and quality of life for these patients...
The guidance noted that there is a theoretical concern about any possible influence of the procedure on recurrence of breast cancer in the long term, although there is no evidence of this in published reports. The guidance notes that a degree of fat resorption is common in the first 6 months...
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...
Postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer: long-term results of a randomised controlled trial (EORTC trial 22911). Lancet. 2012;380(9858):2018–27. Article PubMed Google Scholar Van den Broeck T, van den Bergh RCN, Arfi N, Gross T, Moris L, ...
Whole cervix imaging of collagen, muscle, and cellularity in term and preterm pregnancy Diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI) is an MRI technique that offers non-invasive insights into cervical structure by imaging cellularity, collagen, and muscle fibers. Here, the authors apply DBSI on the hu...
Abruptio placentae– (Latin, “breaking off”). Premature separation of a normally implanted placenta before full term. Occurs in only about 1% of pregnancies. However, it has a 20-40% fetal mortality rate and is a significant contributor to maternal mortality. ...
Exposure to magnetic fields of this strength is considered safe in general, even prenatal exposures to a magnetic field of 1.5 T during the second and third trimester of pregnancy in a cohort of 72 healthy fetuses showed no adverse effects on birth weight, long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes...
term safety studies revealed that 60 mg ospemifene given daily for 52 weeks was well-tolerated and was not associated with any endometrium or breast-related safety concerns. This review discussed the pre-clinical and clinical data supporting the use of ospemifene for the treatment of dyspareunia...
The term “hereditary ovarian cancer syndrome” refers to 3 rare cancer syndromes, which occurs in approximately 5% of all ovarian cancers. These are: breast-ovarian cancer syndrome, site-specific cancer syndrome, and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome (Lynch syndrome I). breast-...
It is not easy for public health providers to obtain a screening budget out of their limited financial resources. Under these circumstances, the providers may reduce their screening interventions to lessen their short-term expenditures. A similar case has been observed in Greece, which recently ...