Ultrasound-guided breast-sparing surgery to improve cosmetic outcomes and quality of life. A prospective multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial comparing ultrasound-guided surgery to traditional palpation-guided surgery (COBALT trial)

BACKGROUND: Breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer was developed as a method to preserve healthy breast tissue, thereby improving cosmetic outcomes. Thus far, the primary aim of breast-conserving surgery has been the achievement of tumour-free resection margins and prevention of local recurrenc...

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Autores principales: Krekel, Nicole MA, Zonderhuis, Barbara M, Schreurs, Hermien WH, Lopes Cardozo, Alexander MF, Rijna, Herman, van der Veen, Henk, Muller, Sandra, Poortman, Pieter, de Widt, Louise, de Roos, Wilfred K, Bosch, Anne Marie, Taets van Amerongen, Annette HM, Bergers, Elisabeth, van der Linden, Mecheline HM, de Lange de Klerk, Elly SM, Winters, Henri AH, Meijer, Sybren, van den Tol, Petrousjka MP
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3069937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21410949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-11-8

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