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Recommendations for the aesthetic evaluation of breast cancer conservative treatment

Authors: Maria João Cardoso, Jaime Santos Cardoso, Conny Vrieling, Douglas Macmillan, Dick Rainsbury, Joerg Heil, Eric Hau, Mohammed Keshtgar

Published in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Issue 3/2012

Abstract

During the Turning Subjective Into Objective seminar held in Lisbon in May 2011, experts in the topic gathered to discuss the unsolved problems of aesthetic evaluation of breast-conserving treatment (BCT). The purpose of this study is to review the main methodological issues related to the aesthetic evaluation of BCT, to discuss currently used methods of evaluation and the lack of a gold standard, and to write a set of recommendations that can be used as guidance for the aesthetic evaluation of BCT.

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Title: Recommendations for the aesthetic evaluation of breast cancer conservative treatment
Authors: Maria João Cardoso
Jaime Santos Cardoso
Conny Vrieling
Douglas Macmillan
Dick Rainsbury
Joerg Heil
Eric Hau
Mohammed Keshtgar
Publication date: 01-10-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0167-6806
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7217
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-012-1978-8

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