March 19, 2010

Comparison of Skin-Sparing Mastectomy Versus Non–Skin-Sparing Mastectomy for Breast Cancer

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Our results suggest that in breast cancer patients, SSM was not significantly different from NSSM, in terms of rates of local recurrence. As no randomized control trial has addressed this question to date, the present meta-analysis reports the best evidence on the subject.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d95e1e04deaa6ab5684209 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0b013e3181d35bf8

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