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Breast cancer in the previously augmented breast.

McCarthy CM, Pusic AL, Disa JJ, Cordeiro PG, Cody HS, Mehrara B

Department of Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA. mccarthc@mskcc.org

Breast cancer in a previously augmented breast raises questions regarding cancer detection and staging, surgical and adjuvant treatment options, reconstructive outcomes, management of the contralateral breast, and continued breast cancer surveillance. This article explores the oncologic and reconstructive issues relevant to women desiring cosmetic breast implants and women with breast cancer who have undergone prior cosmetic breast augmentation.

Published 26 January 2007 in Plast Reconstr Surg, 119(1): 49-58.
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