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Breast implants: the good, the bad and the ugly. Can nanotechnology improve implants?

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:17 +0000

AbstractThis advanced review will discuss the history of implants used in breast reconstruction and augmentation, the most frequently performed plastic surgery today. Currently, only silicone rubberâbased silica nanocomposite implants are available in the United States. The most prevalent issues involving breast implants include capsular contracture, gel bleed, implant rupture, and infection. In the past, studies have also been reported which linked breast implants to increased incidence of systemic diseases such as autoimmune disease, various forms of cancer, and psychological disease. The goal of this review is to survey the literature from the perspective of material science. It is also largely unnoticed that nanotechnology is involved: the silicone rubber shell is reinforced with nan...

Mastectomy is Not Being Overused for Breast Cancer Treatment

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:16 +0000

A study in the October 14 issue of IJAMA/I, a theme issue on surgical care says that a survey of nearly 2,000 women indicates that breast-conserving surgery was attempted as the initial therapy for about 75 percent of those surveyed.

Monica Morrow, M.D., of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, presented the findings of the study at a IJAMA/I media briefing in Chicago.

“Concerns about excessive use of mastectomy for patients with breast cancer have been raised for more than 2 Read more

Women can Consider Breast Reconstruction After Cancer Surgery Via Two New Strategies

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:05 +0000

More women may opt to have breast reconstruction after surgical treatment for cancer thanks to a computer-based decision-making aid.

The tool has helped women play a larger role in decision-making, according to results from a new study reported at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. Women who used the computer-based learning module were more involved in choosing reconstruction than those who did not, and they believed they were offered a greater number of optio Read more

F.D.A. Affirms Safety of Breast Implants

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:03 +0000

Despite the governmentâs assurances, some patients and womenâs groups expressed concerns about the potential for silicone implants to rupture. (Source: NYT)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery. Stephen T. Greenberg, MD is a nationally renowned Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon based in Manhattan and Woodbury, Long Island, New York. Read more

FDA: Silicone Breast Implants to Remain on Market

admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:06 +0000

Title: FDA: Silicone Breast Implants to Remain on MarketCategory: Health NewsCreated: 9/1/2011 2:05:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 9/1/2011 (Source: MedicineNet Womens Health General) Read more

Research on to ‘Regrow’ Breasts After Mastectomy

admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:04 +0000

Australian scientists said they were to trial a revolutionary treatment which would allow women to regrow their breasts after cancer surgery.

Doctors from Melbourne’s Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery said they had developed an implantable device that uses a woman’s own fat cells to grow back breasts following a mastectomy.

“There is a dollop of fat that is put inside a device, a chamber, fed with the blood supply and then this dollop of fat will grow into the space and essentially Read more

FDA ups scrutiny on implant checks

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:06 +0000

Makers of silicone breast implants have not followed up on thousands of women who received them as required by the Food and Drug Administration as a condition of approval, agency advisers said Wednesday. (Source: CNN.com – Health) Read more

Survival in Select Breast Cancer Patients Increases With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy

admin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:05 +0000

Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center say that contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), a preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in patients with disease in one breast, may only offer a survival benefit to breast cancer patients age 50 and younger, who have early-stage disease and are estrogen receptor (ER) negative.

Published online today in the IJournal of the National Cancer Institute/I, it’s the first population-based study to find an … Read more

Radiation Ineffective After Mastectomy for Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:06 +0000

Radiation may not help most early-stage breast cancer patients after mastectomy, a new American research has revealed.

The study, conducted by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer, found low present-day risk of recurrence following modern surgery and systemic therapy.

The research demonstrated that stage I and II patients, without spread to axillary lymph nodes or with 1-3 lymph nodes with metastasis who received surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy without radiation . Read more

Counterpoint: The device with the most dose modulation capacity

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:04 +0000

The Strut-Adjusted Volume Implant (SAVI; Cianna Medical, Aliso Viejo, CA) is designed to maximize the capacity to modulate dose allowing target tissue coverage with simultaneous normal tissue sparing. There are four sizes of SAVI catheters: 6-1 mini, 6-1, 8-1, and 10-1 with 7, 7, 9, and 11 catheters, respectively. Multiple sizes allow insertion in virtually any clinical situation including the most challenging, such as a tumor bed sandwiched between the chest wall (CW) and skin, cardiac proximity, thin breast tissue in the medial chest, or in the setting of breast augmentation. As the device opens in a continuous motion, it allows enormous possibilities to fit both length and width of cavities. The central catheter is approximately 7mm longer to allow the dose to project forward from the t...