Oncoplastic surgery in elderly patients with breast cancer: overtreatment or a goal worth pursuing?

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Western countries, which increases with age. The improvement of reconstructive methods in light of the principles and techniques borrowed directly from cosmetic surgery has helped raise the quality in terms of aesthetic results in conservative trea...

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Main Authors: Stefano Chiodi, Ugo Catrambone, Giuseppe Verrina, Andrea Decensi, Pamela Guglielmini, Marco Filauro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-04-01
Series:Geriatric Care
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/gc/article/view/5776