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This is like other cancers such as kidney and breast cancer, where treating the cancer while preserving the healthy tissue is the first consideration for treatment rather than full nephrectomy or mastectomy. Men with localized intermediate risk prostate cancer, meaning cancer has not spread from the prostate, would benefit most from focal treatment4. ...
In 40% of cases, the treatment is surgical with a complete or partial mastectomy. The current reconstruction techniques (breast implants or autologous surgical techniques) require cumbersome, multiple, costly surgical procedures so that only 14% of women get a reconstruction. ...
The surgical procedure lasted one and a half hours and allowed the mastectomy to be performed, immediately followed by the breast reconstruction. ...
It is estimated that each year in the United States more than 180,000 women undergo a lumpectomy, of which one-third (approximately 60,000) are repeat surgeries with the goal of achieving negative margins.1 Beyond that, of the estimated 100,000 women who choose a mastectomy, many choose it for fear of incomplete initial lumpectomy or due to an initial attempt at a lumpectomy that ...
The BioAesthetics® NACgraft™ biologic matrix is a decellularized skin allograft of the human nipple-areolar complex (NAC) intended to replace the NAC when lost due to mastectomy or other procedure. BioAesthetics hopes the NACgraft will improve the quality-of-life — including improved body-image and other positive psychological impacts — of those choosing to ...
BioAesthetics Corporation today announced that it has significantly surpassed its Series A funding goal of $2.5 million, further advancing its inaugural product — the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) graft, or NACgraftTM, for patients who are undergoing breast reconstruction following breast cancer and mastectomy — to clinical use. BioAesthetics’ Series A was led ...
Use of pegloprastide, a fluorescent cancer marker, during surgery correctly identified cancer in up to 75% of patients who may have otherwise been candidates for a repeat (re-excision) surgery Observed re-excision rate was ~6% in patients whose surgeries included pegloprastide; current re-excision rates are estimated at 20-40% among all patients receiving an initial lumpectomy Each year in the ...
This has been extremely beneficial to our radiation oncologists because after mastectomy, it’s frequently very difficult for them to identify the extent and exact location of the original tumor bed. ...
Kubtec recently posted a compelling case of a full mastectomy, 45mm thick, that included VeraForm in the specimen. In a traditional 2-D image, VeraForm can be seen in the specimen, but the ascertaining the exact position and orientation is more challenging. ...
McDonald performs both lumpectomies and mastectomies, and in the case of mastectomies, she tries to perform nipple-sparing surgeries when possible. ...
” This funding accelerates the development of BioAesthetics’ first product – an acellular tissue-engineered graft that regenerates the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) for breast cancer/mastectomy patients who are currently limited to prostheses, tattoos, and surgical reconstructions out of skin. ...
The best part of this gift though, is that it gives twice – 100% of the proceeds from your $15 purchase of the calendar benefit the All4One Alliance, a partnership of four nonprofit organizations which provide free breast prostheses and post-mastectomy bras to underserved women with breast cancer, helping them embark on life after cancer treatment with dignity. ...
The best part of this gift though, is that it gives twice – 100% of the proceeds from your $15 purchase of the calendar benefit the All4One Alliance, a partnership of four nonprofit organizations which provide free breast prostheses and post-mastectomy bras to underserved women with breast cancer. Order today at www.all4onealliance.org for immediate shipment. ...
The best part of this gift though, is that it gives twice – 100% of the proceeds from your $15 purchase of the calendar benefit the All4One Alliance, a partnership of four nonprofit organizations which provide free breast prostheses and post-mastectomy bras to underserved women with breast cancer. Embrace the holiday spirit and purchase yours now at ...