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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Breast conserving therapy (BCT)"”.
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Five-year review of breast-conserving therapy (BCT) for breast carcinoma: Surgical margins, re-excision and local recurrence in a single tertiary center
Background: Breast cancer burden is on the increase in the developing world. Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) is prescribed for early breast cancer. It is the wide local excision of the tumour usually followed by radiation treatment to the breast. It is the mainstay treatment for carefully selected …
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Choosing Mastectomy: A Qualitative Exploration of the Increasing Mastectomy Rates in Women with Early-stage Breast Cancer
… prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) for early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) have been increasing. Numerous factors for this rise have been suggested including the surgeon's preference, the patient's choice and the external environment. Objectives: A grounded theory study explored women's decision-making …
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Constitutive parameter identifiability and the design of experiments for applications in breast biomechanics
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in females, affecting 1 in every 10 women worldwide. Breast conserving therapy (BCT) is the most common procedure used for treating early-stage invasive breast cancers, and involves localised excision of tumorous lesions followed by …
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A Multiscale Model for Breast-Conservative Therapy: Computational Framework and Clinical Validation
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide and affects 12% of all the women in the USA. There exist different surgical approaches in order to defeat this kind of cancer: the traditional mastectomy (Breast Removal Surgery) and the more recent Breast-Conservative Therapy (BCT), …
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Stromal-epithelial dynamics in response to fractionated radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is central to the management of a number of human cancers, either as an adjuvant or primary treatment modality. The principal objective in irradiating tumors is to permanently inhibit their proliferative ability. More than half of all malignancies are primarily treated with radiation, …