| The use of postoperative adjuvant irradiation in breast conservation and after mastectomy is increasing. |
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| Researchers are focusing on cancer patients who have had lumpectomies because this procedure is easier to correct than mastectomy. |
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| She made a positive choice to have a mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy to ensure the cancer did not spread. |
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| Following a mastectomy or lumpectomy, drains and drainage bags can be carried in the pouch. |
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| In addition, the cancer was no more likely to metastasise in women who had had a lumpectomy than in women who had had a mastectomy. |
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| For these women the recommended treatment is often modified radical mastectomy. |
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| The rest of the pamphlet contained a list of treatment options ranging from modified radical mastectomy to hormonal therapy. |
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| As a result, many patients who have had a mastectomy will now also receive postoperative radiotherapy. |
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| Stages I and II are locally operable and are generally treated by modified radical mastectomy. |
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| Owners may confuse a surgical removal of a mammary gland in the dog with a radical mastectomy in humans, with all of the associated problems. |
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| Reconstruction can be done in the same operation as the mastectomy, and may be more successful if it's done straight away. |
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| A proportion of patients who have a mastectomy are advised to undergo radiotherapy to reduce the risk of local recurrence. |
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| It may be possible for women who have had a mastectomy to have reconstructive surgery without the use of implants. |
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| Some benefit has been observed when using epidural opiates alone for mastectomy, thoracotomy, extremity surgery and lower abdominal surgery. |
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| Following lumpectomy, local recurrence is usually at the surgical site and can be treated with mastectomy. |
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| Most women with early breast cancer get offered a lumpectomy with radiation or a mastectomy. |
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| A supraradical mastectomy is a standard radical mastectomy plus the removal of the internal mammary and supraclavicular nodes. |
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| Before Handler, mastectomy patients, including my own mother, had to stuff their brassieres with gelatinous falsies. |
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| And where a mastectomy is still necessary, in most cases, the skin and areola can be preserved. |
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| A year later I was back on the operating table undergoing a second mastectomy. |
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| In fact, mastectomy plus implant insertion is not major, and now would be done as a daycare procedure. |
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| Surgery, consisting of radical mastectomy with axillary node dissection, is obviously the standard treatment. |
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| She is worried because one of her daughters is talking about getting a prophylactic mastectomy. |
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| Mastectomy or partial mastectomy should not be considered an effective treatment for mastalgia. |
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| Keri Hanlon was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2009 and underwent a lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, and then a mastectomy. |
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| When I was offered lumpectomy or mastectomy I elected mastectomy given the higher costs of being away from my family. |
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| It may occur from a lumpectomy or mastectomy, radiation or lymph node removal. |
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| But still, the oophorectomy feels less emotionally taxing than the mastectomy and she is happy to be having it. |
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| Jennifer counters with her plan to request bilateral mastectomy and oophorectomy if she tests positive. |
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| She has published extensively on the psychosocial implications of cancer preventive options including prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy. |
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| She may consider possible prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy. |
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| For women who have stage 0 breast cancer, which is confined to the lobules or the ducts, some doctors recommend a total mastectomy. |
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| I have subsequently had a genetic test after deciding that I would have a preventative mastectomy on the other breast if I had a faulty gene. |
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| So Angelina Jolie's decision to speak out about her double mastectomy has understandably won her much praise and many new fans. |
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| Actor Angelina Jolie, who has the BRCA1 mutation, had her ovaries removed as well as a double mastectomy. |
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| Now that I am about to have a mastectomy, the first concern I raised to my consultant was that I needed to be back running soon. |
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| In 1972, Temple Black was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. |
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| Following her surgery for colon cancer in February 1988 she also had a right mastectomy and procedures for hernia repair. |
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| If there is a spread, the treatment will be more extensive, sometimes involving a mastectomy, which is a much more radical procedure. |
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| Patients should inform the technologist if they are shift workers, have had a mastectomy, or are on dialysis. |
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| Let us now go back to Mary who came to talk about her daughter and the prophylactic mastectomy. |
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| This lady herself had to have a mastectomy for preventative cancer reasons and she has had a very successful implant. |
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| She is looking into setting up a program to educate volunteers to be resource people for women past mastectomy. |
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| Following a mastectomy last October, she is in the middle of a six-month course of chemotherapy and is due for radiation treatment later. |
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| Reasons for undergoing reconstruction include inability to wear clothes, dislike of the external prosthesis, and weariness of the mastectomy deformity. |
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| Following this, she underwent a left mastectomy with axillary dissection. |
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| Instead of freaking out before her double mastectomy, deb Cohan decided to dance. |
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| There also is information about women and repetitive strain injury and about how pregnancy, PMS, osteoporosis, a mastectomy and menopause can aggravate this condition. |
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| In 1931, they reported the case of a woman who had had radical mastectomy for scirrhous carcinoma of the breast 14 months before her final presentation. |
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| Then, in 2000, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy, beating cancer again. |
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| Six months later, at a hospital 600 miles from home, my mom underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy. |
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| Your general surgeon, plastic surgeon, and oncologist should work together to plan your mastectomy and reconstruction procedure to give you the best possible result. |
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| Analysis of the receptor content of the primary tumour at the time of mastectomy is able to predict response to endocrine therapy should the tumour recur as well as estimating the probability and rapidity of recurrence. |
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| These findings highlight the high degree of psychiatric morbidity in patients who have undergone mastectomy and indicate the need to find ways of reducing this morbidity. |
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| Patients diagnosed with breast cancer at the time of reduct ion mammoplasty are likely to be treated with a completion mastectomy. |
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| However, the realities of a mastectomy are beginning to press home. |
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| The researchers sought to determine the comparative effectiveness of bilateral mastectomy, unilateral mastectomy, and lumpectomy plus radiation. |
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| Procedures such as lumpectomy or mastectomy would apply. |
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| Just over a year ago, that was me – in identical gown, in identical NHS-issue bed, coming round after an op, too, although in my case it was a lumpectomy – partial surgery rather than a full mastectomy. |
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| The patient was to under go a mastectomy, lymph node dissection, and high dose chemotherapy with blood stem cell refusion. |
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| The new policy is included in a huge Medicare regulation setting payment rates for thousands of services including arthroscopy, mastectomy and X-rays. |
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| A biopsy confirmed the malignancy, and the patient underwent bilateral, modified radical mastectomy and bilateral orchiectomy. |
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| Provides transportation for cancer patients, speech classes for patients who have laryngectomies and a recovery program for mastectomy families. |
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| I had a lumpectomy followed by a mastectomy and chemo. |
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| Over all, about 6 percent of women undergoing surgery for breast cancer in 2006 opted for the procedure, formally known as contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. |
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| Others were specimens removed by excisional biopsy, tylectomy, or total mastectomy. |
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| Implants and expander devices have also been adapted for breast reconstruction following mastectomy in breast cancer patients and for aesthetic breast augmentation. |
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| My wife had a mastectomy in 2007 and at the time our niece found a natural food supplement called Spirulina to help her wellbeing. |
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| The Misery actress was furious when she developed lymphedema, a build-up of soft body tissues, after having a double mastectomy three years ago. |
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| We present four skin sparing mastectomies performed using the Lazy Lateral Incision for mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. |
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| Bilateral mastectomy has been associated with reduced cancer incidence in women with BRCA1, BRCA2, or other high-risk gene mutations. |
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| A BREAST cancer survivor who launched a firm selling lingerie to mastectomy patients is fighting to save her business. |
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| Preventive mastectomy seems an extreme measure. |
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| He also developed a method of repairing kneecaps with metal wire and improved the technique of mastectomy. |
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| The surgeon advised me to have a mastectomy. |
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| The mother had a mastectomy and a course of chemotherapy. |
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| Left to right: United Parcel Service Ottawa representative presents a cheque to Jackie Manthorne, CBCN Executive Director, to cover the cost of couriering free mastectomy bras and breast prostheses across Canada. |
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| She was offered a right mastectomy operation for extensive DCIS of her right breast. |
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| A controlled trial was conducted to determine whether counselling by a specialist nurse prevented the psychiatric morbidity associated with mastectomy and breast cancer. |
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| In October 1973, she founded Barbara Graves Intimate Fashions, which products included swimsuits, leisurewear, lingerie and a full-service mastectomy department. |
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| Melissa Etheridge has said that Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce the chances of her developing breast cancer was not an act of bravery. |
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