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Breast cancer patient-reported outcomes on level 1 and level 2 oncoplastic proc...
Pinto, CA; Peleteiro, B; Pinto, CS; Osório, F; Costa, S; Magalhães, A; Mora, H; Amaral, J; Gonçalves, D; Fougo, JLPurpose In breast cancer management not only mortality and surgical morbidity measurements are important but also patient satisfaction indexes. The authors evaluated the satisfaction and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) using the breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and breast reduction (BR) modules of BREAST-Q®. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that analyzed breast cancer patients consecutively submitt...
Initial experience with targeted axillary dissection after neoadjuvant therapy ...
Pinto, CS; Peleteiro, B; Pinto, CA; Osório, F; Costa, S; Magalhães, A; Mora, H; Amaral, J; Gonçalves, D; Fougo, JLBackground: Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) combines sentinel node biopsy (SNB) with the removal of the previously marked metastatic node. TAD is a promising concept for axillary restaging in node-positive breast cancer patients with pathological complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant therapy (NAT). We aimed to evaluate TAD feasibility in this context. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted...