The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 196, Issue 4 , Pages 519-522 , October 2008

Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on rate of tissue expander/implant loss and progression to successful breast reconstruction following mastectomy

  • Jonathan Mitchem, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • ,
  • Dave Herrmann

      Affiliations

    • B.S. Rush University Medical School, Chicago, Ill, USA
  • ,
  • Julie A. Margenthaler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis MO, USA
  • ,
  • Rebecca L. Aft, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis MO, USA
    • John Cochran Veterans Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-314-747-0063; fax: +1-314-454-5509

Received 17 April 2008 ,Revised 27 May 2008

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 Supported in part by grants from Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp. East Hanover, NJ and Pfizer, Inc., Peapack, NJ.

PII: S0002-9610(08)00476-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.016

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 196, Issue 4 , Pages 519-522 , October 2008