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Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy and Its Application on BRCA Gene Mutation Carrier.
Clinical breast cancer - 1 Dec 2017
Co Michael, Chiu Rosemarie, Chiu Tung Milly, Chong Yau Chun, Lau Swan, Lee Yung Ho, To Hoi Man, Kwong Ava
Abstract excerpt
In breast cancer 1 (BRCA) gene mutation carriers, mastectomy is still the mainstay of treatment for breast cancers due to the increased risk of local recurrence. It is performed as a therapeutic, as well as prophylactic procedure. However, mastectomy with removal of nipple areolar complex (NAC) is associated with adverse cosmetic outcome. NAC sparing mastectomy (NSM), which results in better cosmetic outcome, has...
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