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Nipple-sparing bilateral prophylactic mastectomy and immediate reconstruction with TiLoop® Bra mesh in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: A prospective study of long-term and patient reported outcomes using the BREAST-Q.
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jun 2018
Casella D, Di Taranto G, Marcasciano M, Sordi S, Kothari A, Kovacs T, Lo Torto F, Cigna E, Ribuffo D, Calabrese C
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BACKGROUND: Although demand for prophylactic mastectomy is increasing over time among women at a high risk for breast cancer, there is a paucity of studies on long term patient-reported outcomes after this procedure. METHODS: Between January 2011 and January 2015, 46 patients documented BRCA1/2 mutation carriers, eligible for prophylactic nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) and immediate breast prosthetic...
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