Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on rate of tissue expander/implant loss and progression to successful breast reconstruction following mastectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-522

  Mitchem, Jonathan ^a   Herrmann, Dave ^b   Margenthaler, Julie A ^a,c   Aft, Rebecca L ^a,c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Implant expander; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOCETAXEL; EPIRUBICIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 52049120591     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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