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Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
"Confronting Cancer Through Art" is an exhibition
by people whose lives have been touched by cancer.
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This week we are featuring artwork by:
Jacqueline Kniewasser
Pontypool, Ontario
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Visit the Children's Art Gallery
This week's artwork was donated
by
a pediatric cancer patient
who received treatment for cancer
at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Breast Cancer: Treatment Options - Mastectomy and Reconstruction
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- OncoLink @ASCO: Poor Understanding
of Guidelines Results in Low National Use of Breast-Conserving Therapy
- OncoLink: Breast Reconstructive
Surgery Options- Don LaRossa MD, Professor of
Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, discusses
the standard options available to women who opt for reconstructive
surgery after breast cancer treatment. Advisory: photographs linked to
from this page graphically illustrate the results of breast
reconstruction therapy. Some OncoLink readers may choose not to view
them.
- OncoLink: Cosmetic Outcomes of
Breast Cancer Treatment - The majority of patients treated
with lumpectomy and radiation for breast cancer will have good to excellent
cosmetic outcomes. These photographs illustrate the results of such therapy.
Since they are graphical and of actual patients, some OncoLink users may
choose not to view them. NOTE: Viewing these pages requires the use of a
frames-capable browser, such as Netscape 2.0 or higher. If you have trouble
accessing these pages, please send e-mail to the
editors.
- OncoLink: Decision Support for Patients with Breast Cancer
- OncoLink FAQ: Breast Cancer Detection After Silicone Implants
- OncoLink FAQ:
Breast Reconstruction Options - An answer to a question
from an OncoLink reader concerning a certain type of breast reconstruction
option called a "flap procedure."
- OncoLink FAQ: Complications from a TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction - A reader has a question about about complications from a TRAM flap breast reconstruction.
- OncoLink FAQ: Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy
- OncoLink: FDA Breast Implant Update
- OncoLink: FDA Reviews Silicone Gel Mouse Study
- OncoLink FYI: Breast cancer treatment
- OncoLink FYI: Prophylactic Mastectomy
- OncoLink: "A Mastectomy That
Spares the Skin" by Rosann Giordano Thompson. Reprinted from
PENN Health September 1997. Penn now offers a procedure described by one
of the surgeons who performs it as "the best cancer operation combined
with the best reconstructive surgery."
- OncoLink Nurse Notes: 'Drive Through Mastectomy' and Beyond - Managing Editor Maggie Hampshire, RN, BSN, OCN, discusses the implications of the trend toward outpatient care
after breast cancer surgery.
- OncoLink Nurse Notes:
"Reconstruction After Breast Surgery - Personal Choice or Federal Case?" -
OncoLink Managing Editor Maggie Hampshire, RN, BSN, OCN, speaks
with Don LaRossa, MD, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery
at the University of Pennsylvania.
- OncoLink: Questions and Answers: About the Use of Breast Implants
- OncoLink: To Reconstruct or Not to Reconstruct: That is the Question!
- OncoLink: Reconstruction After Breast Cancer -The Controversy Continues
- OncoLink: Silicone Implants for Breast Cancer Patients: A Cause for Concern?
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