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Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine pp 389–396Cite as

Breast Tissue Engineering

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From repairing small soft tissue defects of the face to rebuilding the entire breast mound subsequent to radical mastectomy, reconstructive surgeons face a multitude of challenges. Although much has been achieved, the inadequacies of current restorative and reparative techniques have served as the clinical impetus for developing rational and translatable adipose tissue engineering strategies. This chapter focuses on these state-of-the-art tissue engineering strategies as applied to breast cancer rehabilitation, specifically post-oncologic breast tissue engineering.

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  1. The University of Texas, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

    Elizabeth Geddes

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 193, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

    Xuemei Wu

  3. Office of Institutional Advancement, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 76122, Fort Worth, TX, USA

    Charles W. Patrick Jr.

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  1. Clinic for Maxillofacial and Plastic Facial Surgery, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Ulrich Meyer  & Jörg Handschel  & 

  2. Department of Experimental Maxillofacial Surgery, Biomineralisation and Tissue Engineering Group, University of Münster, Waldeyerstraße 30, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Hans Peter Wiesmann

  3. Department of Internal Medicine – Cardiology, University Hospital Marburg, Baldingerstraße 1, 35033, Marburg, Germany

    Thomas Meyer

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Geddes, E., Wu, X., Patrick, C. (2009). Breast Tissue Engineering. In: Meyer, U., Handschel, J., Wiesmann, H., Meyer, T. (eds) Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77755-7_29

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