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Article: Breast Reconstruction Advances Fix Distortions Left by Lumpectomy
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 23, 2008
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued the following news release:
Lumpectomy or breast conservation surgery is the most common type of breast cancer surgery currently performed. A benefit of the surgery is that only part of the breast is removed, but a drawback can be the resulting physical appearance of the breast, which may be disfigured, dented or uneven. A report in April's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® adobe acrobat file, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), examines advances plastic surgeons have made in breast reconstruction to repair the damage left when cancer is removed.
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