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- Love Handles Offer a New Option in Breast Reconstruction
- Posted on February 20, 2011
A relatively new technique using tissue from those below-the-waist “love handles” improves cosmetic breast reconstruction in slim, athletic cancer patients without adequate fat sources elsewhere, reported a small Johns Hopkins study.
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- Breast cancer screening with MRI benefits women with radiation therapy history
- Posted on February 20, 2011
Breast cancer screening with MRI can detect invasive cancers missed on mammography in women who’ve undergone chest irradiation for other diseases, according to a new study published online and in the April print edition of Radiology.
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- Dispute Over Cancer Tied to Breast Implants
- Posted on February 18, 2011
In an online seminar, the leader of a plastic surgeons’ group urged other doctors to avoid words like cancer and tumor.
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- Pillar of Breast Cancer Care Shaken by New Lymph Node Study
- Posted on February 8, 2011
A new study finds that many women with early breast cancer do not need a painful procedure that has long been routine: removal of cancerous lymph nodes from the armpit known as axillary lymph node dissection.
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- Some Breast-Cancer Patients Can Skip Lymph-Node Surgery
- Posted on February 8, 2011
Many breast-cancer patients can skip aggressive lymph-node surgery without increasing their chances of a recurrence or death if their disease shows limited spread, according to a study that has prompted changes in practice.
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