Site-specific pathology in breast reduction mammoplasty / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
; (6): 409-412, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-284359
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the feasibility and clinical value of site-specific pathology in breast reduction mammoplasty.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 127 patients who underwent breast reduction mammoplasty from June 2007 to June 2010 were included. Pathologic specimens were sent for frozen pathology according to the clock-wise method. Patients with confirmed cancer were arranged for conservative breast surgery.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 127 patients, 53 patients (41.7%) had gland hyperplasia; 7 had fibroadenoma (5.5%); 1 (0.79%) had ductal carcinoma in situ, who underwent breast conserving surgery, following by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, no relapse was noted during the three-year follow-up.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Clock-wise method is useful to locate the tumor and ensure the patients to receive skin-spared breast resection even cancer is detected.</p>
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Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Goal 9: Noncommunicable diseases and mental health
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Target 3.4: Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pathology
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General Surgery
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Mastectomy, Segmental
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Mammaplasty
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article