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Multiscale Mechano-Biological Finite Element Modelling of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery—Numerical Study towards Surgical Planning and Cosmetic Outcome Prediction

Surgical treatment for early-stage breast carcinoma primarily necessitates breast conserving therapy (BCT), where the tumour is removed while preserving the breast shape. To date, there have been very few attempts to develop accurate and efficient computational tools that could be used in the clinic...

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Autores principales: Vavourakis, Vasileios, Eiben, Bjoern, Hipwell, John H., Williams, Norman R., Keshtgar, Mo, Hawkes, David J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27466815
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159766