Mastectomy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Mastectomy, including details on breast cancer, prosthesis, recovery, surgery, complications.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 3 (March)

1. Chest-wall contouring surgery in female-to-male transsexuals: a new algorithm.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 121(3): 849-59. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Assessment of immediate conservative breast surgery reconstruction: a classification system of defects revisited and an algorithm for selecting the appropriate technique.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 121(3): 716-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A multi-site validation trial of radioactive seed localization as an alternative to wire localization.
   Breast J, 14(2): 153-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Postoperative sense of well-being and quality of life in breast cancer patients do not depend on type of primary surgery.
   Onkologie, 31(3): 99-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Outpatient mastectomy and breast reconstructive surgery.
   Ann Surg Oncol, 15(4): 1032-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, HER-2, and response to postmastectomy radiotherapy in high-risk breast cancer: the Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group.
   J Clin Oncol, 26(9): 1419-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Survey assessment of physical function following postmastectomy breast reconstruction.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 121(4): 1108-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Immediate latissimus dorsi/prosthetic breast reconstruction following salvage mastectomy after failed lumpectomy/irradiation.
   Plast Reconstr Surg, 121(4): 159e-64e. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Changing indications for surgery in patients with stage IV breast cancer: a current perspective.
   Cancer, 112(7): 1445-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. The impact of a false-positive MRI on the choice for mastectomy in BRCA mutation carriers is limited.
    Ann Oncol, 19(4): 655-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Clinical impact of oncoplastic surgery in a specialist breast practice.
    ANZ J Surg, 78(4): 269-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Hyperglycemia as a risk factor for surgical site infections in patients undergoing mastectomy.
    Am J Infect Control, 36(3): 192-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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