Management of Postradiation Chest Wall Defects
RADIATION TO THE CHEST WALL Print Section Listen Background Radiation is a frequent adjunct for cancer treatment. Over 1.5 million persons have been diagnosed with cancer in the United States…
Autologous Fat Grafting in Breast Reconstruction
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen As refinements in breast reconstruction techniques have occurred over the years, the aesthetic goals and expectations of our patients have risen. While many women are happy…
Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Over the past 40 years, breast restoration following breast removal for cancer has been transformed from a rarity to the standard of care in major U.S. cancer centers….
Oncoplastic Approaches to Partial Mastectomy
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen The progressive evolution of conservative approaches to breast cancer has been influenced over the years by the development of advanced screening programs that have allowed for…
Oncoplastic Approach to Breast Cancer in Macromastia
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Surgical treatment for breast cancer has evolved from the original Halsted radical mastectomy to the segmental mastectomy, which was shown to be effective breast cancer therapy…
Treatment of Postradiation Wounds
BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Over the past century, cancer treatment has evolved into a multimodality approach, necessitating surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or immunotherapy. These therapies are administered alone or in…
Chest Wall Reconstruction for Advanced/Recurrent Carcinoma of the Breast
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Surgical resection was the principal therapy for breast cancer for centuries. However, over the past 30 years, as therapeutic interventions have been modified and outcomes have…
Principles and Overview of Oncoplastic Approaches in the Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer
BACKGROUND: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Print Section Listen The surgical management of breast cancer has changed greatly since the late 1880s when Halsted started utilizing radical mastectomy for breast cancer treatment.1 Although…
PNET: Treatment Sequencing to Include Principles of Surgery
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) account for <3% of all pancreatic tumors and occur with an incidence of 1 to 2 per 100,000 people.1–3 Most are sporadic; however, they may…
Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
OVERVIEW Print Section Listen Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas represent a diagnostic challenge for physicians. Once considered rare, over the past two decades the identification of these cysts has increased…
