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Open AccessGeneral Surgery Faculty Knowledge and Perceptions of Breast Pum** Amongst Postpartum Surgical Residents
There is a lack of data regarding the knowledge and perceptions teaching faculty possess about breast pum** among general surgery residents despite breast pum** becoming more common during training. This s...
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Open AccessSurveillance Mammography Behaviors in Black and White Breast Cancer Survivors: Behavioral Risk Factors and Surveillance System, 2016
Surveillance mammography is recommended annually for early detection of disease relapse among breast cancer survivors; yet Black women have poorer national rates of surveillance mammography compared to White w...
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Open AccessEat, sleep, play: health behaviors and their association with psychological health among cancer survivors in a nationally representative sample
Cancer survivors are able to live much longer today than in the past due to advances in treatment. The promotion of health behaviors is important to address among cancer survivors. Not only can health behavior...
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Pinning Pink: Messages About Hereditary Breast Cancer Risk on Pinterest
Social media messages and conversations provide an opportunity to study what users post about cancer risk and preventive behaviors. Personal stories of early detection, treatment, and survivorship are often sh...
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Racial differences in the relationship between surgical choice and subsequent patient-reported satisfaction outcomes among women with early-stage hormone-positive breast cancer
The last fifteen years has seen a rising proportion of women who are eligible for breast conserving therapy (BCT) choosing mastectomy despite equivalent survival in early-stage breast cancer. We aim to explore...
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Surgical Treatment in Operable Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
The primary goal of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) in operable breast cancer is tumor downsizing to facilitate breast-conserving surgery (BCS), and it may give a chance for less aggressive lymph node surgery. ...
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Breast Anatomy and Physiology
Breast development begins in the 5th and 6th weeks of fetal development and continues through puberty. Errors during development can lead to abnormal development or complete failure of breast development. The ...
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Open AccessMolecular determinants of post-mastectomy breast cancer recurrence
Breast cancer (BC) adjuvant therapy after mastectomy in the setting of 1–3 positive lymph nodes has been controversial. This retrospective Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium study evaluated molecu...
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Individualizing Local-Regional Therapy of Breast Cancer in the Elderly
The treatment of breast cancer in the elderly population requires a tailored approach. We summarize the current best evidence for personalized local-regional therapy in breast cancer patients older than 70.
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Develo** in vitro models of human ductal carcinoma in situ from primary tissue explants
Because there are currently no reliable predictors for progression of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to invasive disease, nearly all patients receive comprehensive therapy, leading to over-treatment in many c...
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Open AccessThe molecular landscape of premenopausal breast cancer
Breast cancer in premenopausal women (preM) is frequently associated with worse prognosis compared to that in postmenopausal women (postM), and there is evidence that preM estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) tumo...
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Contralateral mastectomy in patients treated for unilateral breast cancer
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy has become an increasingly common breast cancer therapy option as many women believe it reduces risk for future breast cancers. Many studies address this therapeutic mode,...
