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Radiation therapy plays a crucial role in the treatment of advanced stage breast cancer with improved outcomes and overall survival. Although radiation treatment is critical in decreasing rates of local regional recurrence, adjuvant radiation can cause detrimental effects in the setting of immediate autologous tissue breast reconstruction. Certainly free tissue transfer from the abdomen is the primary option for autologous breast reconstruction but the various types of flaps that may be harvested are not necessarily the same. This poses an interesting question as to whether one particular type of flap will tolerate radiation better than another.
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Chang, E.I. (2016). Effects of Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer Based on Type of Flap Reconstruction. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Breast Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18726-6_111
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