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Breast Reconstruction

Timing and Coordination with Adjuvant Therapy

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Recent developments in the management of breast cancer, including axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy and the increasing use of both postmastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) and adjuvant and neoadjuvant chemotherapy, have had a significant impact on breast reconstruction. The interplay and sequencing of these diagnostic and treatment modalities in patients with breast cancer has become an important issue.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77230-1402, USA

    Steven J. Kronowitz MD & Geoffrey L. Robb MD

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77230, USA

    Charles E. Butler MD, FACS

  2. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA

    Neil A. Fine MD, FACS

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Kronowitz, S.J., Robb, G.L. (2008). Breast Reconstruction. In: Butler, C.E., Fine, N.A. (eds) Principles of Cancer Reconstructive Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49504-0_3

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