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Mastectomy - Methods
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Breast cancer: beyond the cutting edge.
29 Sep 2009 
Remarkable progress has been made in the treatment of breast cancer over the past 100 years. The ability to probe at the genomic level increased our understanding of the disease but the improved survival outcomes can also be attributed to screening ... Read more...
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The effect of postoperative radiotherapy following autologous flap breast reconstruction is controversial. The aim of this study was to measure whether adjuvant radiotherapy following immediate deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) ... Read more...
Bacteriologic features of surgical site infections following breast surgery.
29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) after breast surgery is common practice. Breast SSIs were investigated to determine bacterial isolates, resistance patterns, and the appropriateness of ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Mastectomy - Methods'
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- Breast cancer: beyond the cutting edge. 29 Sep 2009
- Effect of postoperative radiotherapy on autologous deep inferior epigastric perforator flap volume after immediate breast reconstruction. 29 Sep 2009
- Bacteriologic features of surgical site infections following breast surgery. 29 Sep 2009
- Radioguided localization of nonpalpable breast cancer lesions: randomized comparison with wire localization in patients undergoing conservative surgery and sentinel node biopsy. 29 Sep 2009
- Evolution of breast cancer management in Ireland: a decade of change. 16 Sep 2009
- Review of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in breast cancer: should MRI be performed on all women with newly diagnosed, early stage breast cancer? 11 Aug 2009
- Salvage of tissue expander in the setting of mastectomy flap necrosis: a 13-year experience using timed excision with continued expansion. 30 Jul 2009
- Treatment of metastatic breast cancer: a large observational study on adherence to French prescribing guidelines and financial cost of the anti-HER2 antibody trastuzumab. 30 Jul 2009
- Post-breast cancer lymphedema: part 2. 30 Jul 2009
- [Angiosarcoma in chronic lymphoedema: a case of Stewart-Treves syndrome] 29 Jun 2009
- [Management of malignant phyllodes tumors of the breast: the experience of the Institut Curie] 10 Jun 2009
- The correlation of in vivo and ex vivo tissue dielectric properties to validate electromagnetic breast imaging: initial clinical experience. 31 May 2009
- Menstrual cycle and surgical treatment of breast cancer: findings from the NCCTG N9431 study. 30 May 2009
- Nipple-sparing mastectomy: initial experience at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a comprehensive review of literature. 20 May 2009
- Shared management of a rare necrotizing soft tissue infection of the breast.
29 Apr 2009 - Spontaneous expulsion of benign phyllodes. 29 Apr 2009
- Revised view of prophylactic mastectomy. Recent findings put risk and options into better perspective, and may help women decide in favor of other therapies. 29 Apr 2009
- A case in point. 29 Apr 2009
- Wise-pattern breast reconstruction: modification using AlloDerm and a vascularized dermal-subcutaneous pedicle. 29 Apr 2009
- Nipple-sparing mastectomy: evaluation of patient satisfaction, aesthetic results, and sensation. 29 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Mastectomy'
Descriptor UI: D008408
Alternative terms: Mastectomy; Mastectomies; Mammectomy; Mammectomies;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;
Tree Number: E04.466;
Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not use /util except by MeSH definition