This study highlights the key aspects of diagnosis postmastectomy edema upper limb. Clinical examination that allows lymphedema with a high degree accuracy should be enhanced lymphoscintigraphy and fluorescent lymphography to establish predict outcome potential surgical intervention. We share our experience in women breast cancer limb various interventions for lymphedema. In stage 2 ineffective...

Dear Editor Approximately one in every seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer their lifetime. For who undergo surgical treatments, reconstruction is an option. Women’s decision-making processes procedures are clearly influenced by doctors’ recommendations1. Patient–clinician trust thus critical for high-quality medical postmastectomy reconstruction. It not surprising then that resear...

UNLABELLED To better elucidate the socioeconomic and racial differences in women who received postmastectomy radiation therapy with or without a chest wall boost, the records from 4747 women included in the California Cancer Registry were reviewed. Poor and Hispanic women were more likely to receive a chest wall boost than were more affluent and non-Hispanic women. INTRODUCTION Healthcare dis...

BACKGROUND Intraoperative angiography is a useful tool for predicting both tissue perfusion during postmastectomy breast reconstruction and mastectomy flap and free flap survival. OBJECTIVES The authors determine whether the routine use of laser-assisted indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography (SPY Imaging; LifeCell Corp, Branchburg, New Jersey) in breast reconstruction decreases the...

INTRODUCTION Various techniques have been used in an attempt to achieve long-term nipple projection following nipple-areolar reconstruction. A common setback, however, is the diminution of projection overtime; this phenomenon is particularly evident following implant-based breast reconstruction. Artecoll may be suitable for injection into the nipple complex to maintain permanent, 3-dimensional ...

The effect of postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) on T1-2 breast cancer patients with 1-3 positive axillary lymph nodes is controversial up to now. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of postmastectomy radiotherapy for these patients. The prognostic factor effecting locoregional free-survival (LRFS) was also analyzed. In the retrospective clinical data of 1674 eligible patients,...

PURPOSE This study focuses on incorporation of a solitary dynamic portal (SDP) in conformal planning for postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) with nodal regions with an intention to overcome the treatment planning limitations imposed by conventional techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-four patients who underwent surgical mastectomy followed by PMRT were included in this study. Initially, a...