Occurrence of Occult Malignancies in Reduction Mammoplasties

Occurrence of Occult Malignancies in Reduction Mammoplasties

ObjectivesPatients undergoing reduction mammoplasty (RM) bear the risk of having occult breast cancer nests. The detection rate of malignant neoplasms in the resected specimens, varies greatly in the literature. The aim of our present study was to analyze risk factors and evaluate histopathological...

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Main Authors: Matthias Waldner, Holger J. Klein, Walter Künzi, Merlin Guggenheim, Jan A. Plock, Pietro Giovanoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
mammaplasty
breast cancer
histopathological analysis
retrospective studies
ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsurg.2018.00017/full

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