Noticias de investigación sobre cirugía
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US panel mulls minimum breast cancer hospital stay (en inglés)
A bill in front of the U.S. Senate would require insurance companies to pay for at least 48 hours of hospital care, if it's needed, after a woman has either a mastectomy or a lumpectomy and lymph node ...
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Simultaneous breast-ovary surgery feasible (en inglés)
Women with an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene have a much higher than average risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. One way to lower cancer risk is to remove both the breasts (prophylactic mastectomy) a...
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Race gaps seen in breast cancer awareness (en inglés)
A study found that half of more than 1,000 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer didn't understand how lumpectomy followed by radiation compared to mastectomy in lowering the risk of the cance...
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Disparity seen in breast cancer surgery (en inglés)
Sentinel node biopsy is done during surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer. This biopsy is done to see if cancer has spread to the lymph node closest to the breast cancer (called the sentinel node...
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Infections after breast surgery costly: US study (en inglés)
While most women who have breast cancer surgery WON'T develop an infection, a study found that infections after breast surgery happen more often than expected.
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Ovary removal ups breast cancer survival for some (en inglés)
A study showed that premenopausal women who had their ovaries removed (called oophorectomy) and took tamoxifen, a hormonal therapy, for 5 years after breast cancer surgery had a lower risk of the breas...
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Dieting reduces lymphedema after breast cancer (en inglés)
With arm lymphedema, the soft tissues of the arm or hand swell. Lymphedema can develop after breast cancer surgery. Numbness, discomfort, and, at times, infection can happen along with the swelling. Ly...
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Double mastectomies to prevent cancer increase (en inglés)
A large study (more than 150,000 patient histories were reviewed) found that more women chose to have both breasts removed -- even though cancer had been found in only one breast -- between 1998 and 20...
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Physiotherapy helpful after breast cancer surgery (en inglés)
Some women who have surgery to treat breast cancer may feel pain and weakness in the upper arm and shoulder after surgery. This is more likely to happen when the surgery involves the armpit area or rem...
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Losing Weight May Help Ease Some Lymphedema
Lymphedema (pronounced lim-fe-DEE-ma) is a side effect that can begin any time after removal of the lymph nodes during breast cancer surgery. This condition involves swelling of the soft tissues of the...
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