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MRI volumetric analysis of breast fibroglandular tissue to assess risk of the spared nipple in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Annals of surgical oncology - 1 May 2014
Baltzer Heather L, Alonzo-Proulx Olivier, Mainprize James G, Yaffe Martin J, Metcalfe Kelly A, Narod Steve A, Warner Ellen, Semple John L
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OBJECTIVE: Prophylactic nipple-areolar complex (NAC)-sparing mastectomy (NSM) in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is controversial over concern regarding residual fibroglandular tissue (FGT) with malignant potential. The objective of this study was to model the volume of FGT in the NAC at a standard ret...
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