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….
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas account for approximately 85% of all pancreatic tumors. Recently, less common epithelial tumors have been increasingly identified as a result of the frequent…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Reports of the use of vascular resection at the time of pancreatectomy have circulated since Fortner attempted to popularize the techniques approximately 40 years ago. At…