One-stage versus two-stage implant-based breast reconstruction after breast surgery for cancerCounseling patients with DCIS in a rational manner can be extremely difficult when the range of treatment criteria results in diverse and confusing clinical recommendations. Surgeons need tools that quantify ...
Surgery as a First Step Surgery is usually needed to remove cancerous breast tissue. What determines a lumpectomy vs. a mastectomy? Follow-Up Visit: What to Expect After Surgery As your wounds heal, learn about surgical drains, possible lymphedema, regaining mobility, reconstruction, and if any...
Surgery Options Learn about the different types of breast cancer surgery so you and your doctor can work together to choose the one that works best for you. Join WebMD'sbreast cancer communityonFacebookto find and share support, resources, and discussion with other people living with breast ca...
A prospective study of conservative surgery alone in the treatment of selected patients with stage I breast cancer. Cancer. 1996;77:1094-100.Schnitt SJ, Hayman J, Gelman R, et al: A prospective study of conservative surgery alone in the treatment of selected patients with stage-I breast ...
Three hundred fifty-six breast cancer reconstruction patients had surgery in a period of 5 years. One hundred forty-one of 356 (39.6%) were consecutive attempts at single-stage autologous tissue reconstruction: 106 of 141 (75.1%) were free abdominal flaps (transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous...
Furthermore, most patients have only recently met the specialist physicians who are now in charge of their cancer care. Thus, at the same time when she must deliberate between treatment options, a patient must also appraise the quality of one or more therapeutic relationships. These simultaneous ...
Even today, investigators continue to search for a subset of breast cancer patients who will have better disease control with radical surgery. BCT stands as not only the best-studied example of organ-conserving therapy but one of the most rigorously tested therapies in all of medicine. Breast-...
co-director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, co-associate director, clinical research, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses ongoing challenges in determining the optimal treatment strategy for patients with early-stage breast cancer, including the necessity of surgery a...
Decision Making about Surgery for Early-Stage Breast Cancerdoi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.09.017Background Practice variation in breast cancer surgery has raised concerns about the quality of treatment decisions. We sought to evaluate the quality of decisions about surgery for early-stage breast ...
“There are just so many things going on that are really exciting right now in breast cancer,” Rugo said. “Miami Breast is great because it includes the new data in surgery, in radiation oncology, and in medical oncology, and both early-stage and metastatic disease.” One of the hallmar...