The role of surgical tissue injury and intraoperative sympathetic activation in postoperative immunosuppression after breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy: a prospective observational study

Abstract Background Breast cancer is the second most common cause of death from cancer in women worldwide. Counterintuitively, large population-based retrospective trials report better survival after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) compared to mastectomy, corrected for tumour- and patient variables....

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Main Authors: Lotte MC Jacobs, Leonie S Helder, Kim I Albers, Josephine Kranendonk, Christiaan Keijzer, Leo AB Joosten, Luc JA Strobbe, Michiel C Warlé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-024-01801-0