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Article: Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy doesn't delay chemotherapy.
- Article from:
- Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week
- Article date:
- October 16, 2004
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2004 OCT 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study found an increased risk of wound complications in patients who underwent breast reconstruction directly after mastectomy, but also that the procedure did not delay the initiation of postsurgical chemotherapy,
Breast reconstruction has been shown to reduce the negative effects on self-image and psychosocial well-being in women after mastectomy (removal of the breast), researchers note. It is unknown, however, whether wound complications following mastectomy and breast reconstruction have any effect on the initiation of chemotherapy after surgery.
Melinda M. Mortenson, MD, of the University of ...