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Imaging Findings After Surgery

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Breast cancer treatment has markedly improved in the last few decades. Radical mastectomy was initially considered the treatment of choice despite its associated morbidity. However, less aggressive surgeries such as modified radical mastectomy, simple mastectomy, skin-sparing mastectomy, and breast-conserving surgery have increasingly replaced radical mastectomy. Moreover, reconstructive surgeries such as oncoplastic surgery have entered the surgical scene, combining a safe oncological treatment approach with desirable aesthetic outcomes. Many women being treated for breast cancer have also undergone breast-enhancing procedures using exogenous material that are either heterologous or autologous. These procedures can be performed for purely aesthetic reasons or for reconstructive purposes in cases of breast cancer.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Martina Marin Gutzke from the San Rafael Hospital, Madrid, Spain, for providing surgical images, as well as Joanne Chin from Memorial Sloan Kettering Center for providing editorial support.

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Rodrigo, S.P., Morris, E.A. (2017). Imaging Findings After Surgery. In: Veronesi, U., Goldhirsch, A., Veronesi, P., Gentilini, O., Leonardi, M. (eds) Breast Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48848-6_21

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