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Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?

Only a third of patients undergoing mastectomy were offered immediate reconstruction. In public hospitals in developing countries, limited operating time and availability of plastic surgery services are major barriers to more women being offered the option.

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Main Authors: Shameem, H., Yip, C.H., Fong, E.
Format: Article
Published: West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2008
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RD Surgery
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/1038/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18990011
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spelling my.um.eprints.10382019-02-11T07:06:54Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1038/ Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option? Shameem, H. Yip, C.H. Fong, E. RD Surgery Only a third of patients undergoing mastectomy were offered immediate reconstruction. In public hospitals in developing countries, limited operating time and availability of plastic surgery services are major barriers to more women being offered the option. West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention 2008-07 Article PeerReviewed Shameem, H. and Yip, C.H. and Fong, E. (2008) Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option? Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 9 (3). pp. 409-12. ISSN 1513-7368 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18990011 18990011
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topic RD Surgery
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Shameem, H.
Yip, C.H.
Fong, E.
Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
description Only a third of patients undergoing mastectomy were offered immediate reconstruction. In public hospitals in developing countries, limited operating time and availability of plastic surgery services are major barriers to more women being offered the option.
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author Shameem, H.
Yip, C.H.
Fong, E.
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Yip, C.H.
Fong, E.
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title Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
title_short Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
title_full Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
title_fullStr Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
title_full_unstemmed Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
title_sort immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?
publisher West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/1038/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18990011
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