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Mastectomy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Surgeon recommendations and receipt of mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer.
12 Oct 2009 
CONTEXT: There is concern that mastectomy is overused in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association of patient-reported initial recommendations by surgeons and those given when a second opinion was sought with receipt of initial ... Read more...
4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Timing and sequencing of radiotherapy in the context of allogenous breast reconstruction have not been standardized. The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of adjuvant radiotherapy on morbidity and patient ... Read more...
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...
Latest indexed articles for 'Mastectomy'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Surgeon recommendations and receipt of mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer. 12 Oct 2009
- Audit shows large regional variations in uptake of breast reconstruction after mastectomy.
5 Oct 2009 - Immediate reconstruction with an expander/implant following ablatio mammae because of breast cancer : side effects and cosmetic results after adjuvant chest wall radiotherapy. 4 Oct 2009
- 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
- Complications associated with postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis after breast surgery. 29 Sep 2009
- What do breast surgeons do? 29 Sep 2009
- Bacteriologic features of surgical site infections following breast surgery. 29 Sep 2009
- Factors associated with improved outcome after surgery in metastatic breast cancer patients. 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
- Assessment of neuropathic pain in primary care. 29 Sep 2009
- Underuse of breast cancer adjuvant treatment: patient knowledge, beliefs, and medical mistrust. 19 Sep 2009
- Evolution of breast cancer management in Ireland: a decade of change. 16 Sep 2009
- Locoregional therapy improves survival for metastatic breast cancer patients? Benefit remains questionable! 6 Sep 2009
- Chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer. Sep 2009
- Pulmonary function testing in women with breast cancer treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. 30 Aug 2009
- An unusual triple-negative breast carcinoma. 30 Aug 2009
- Post mastectomy adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer: a comparison of three hypofractionated protocols. 30 Aug 2009
- Oncoplastic surgery. 30 Aug 2009
- Perforator flaps: recent experience, current trends, and future directions based on 3974 microsurgical breast reconstructions. 30 Aug 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