Chest wall resection for local recurrence of breast cancer
| Autor: | P. Buytaert, Paul Van Schil, Anne-Marie Verbist, Wiebren A.A. Tjalma, Peter van Dam |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Thoracic Surgical Procedure business.industry Breast surgery medicine.medical_treatment Mammary gland Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease Premises Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Breast cancer Reproductive Medicine Chest wall resection Carcinoma Medicine Full thickness resection business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology. 84:89-92 |
| ISSN: | 0301-2115 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0301-2115(99)00010-x |
| Popis: | We present three cases of chest wall resection for locally recurrent breast cancer and a Medline review of the current literature. In selected cases full thickness resection of the chest wall may be used as a salvage procedure to improve the quality of life and prolong the survival at low morbidity and mortality. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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