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OBJECTIVE
Postoperative radiotherapy decreases breast cancer mortality. However, studies have revealed a long-lasting breast pain among some women after radiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors that contribute to breast pain after breast cancer radiotherapy.
METHODS
We
Reduction mammaplasty is performed typically to alleviate the painful physical symptoms of macromastia. Women who suffer from macromastia also frequently present to the plastic surgeon with heightened body image dissatisfaction and maladaptive behavioral changes in response to their breast size.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the characteristics and determinants of initiation of use of progestagens alone - i.e. without concomitant use of estrogen - among French premenopausal women.
METHODS
Forty-one thousand six hundred and three women from the French E3N cohort were included in our analyses.
A retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the long-term results of reduction mammaplasties. Of special interest was the extent to which the amount of breast tissue removed correlated with pain relief after reduction mammaplasty. One hundred fourteen patients underwent an average reduction of
BACKGROUND
Breastfeeding durations in the United States fall short of public health objectives. We sought to quantify the prevalence and identify risk factors for early, undesired weaning that mothers attribute to physiologic difficulties with breastfeeding.
METHODS
We analyzed data from the Infant
The contraceptive pill has been a revolution of the last 40 years. In Italy, however, it is much less widely used than in other countries. Explanations for this phenomenon range from religious implications and customs to misinformation and word-of-mouth communication of negative experiences. The
OBJECTIVE
Delayed breast cellulitis (DBC) is characterized by the late onset of breast erythema, edema, tenderness, and warmth. This retrospective study analyzes the risk factors and clinical course of DBC.
METHODS
From 1985 through 2004, 580 sequential women with 601 stage T0-2N0-1 breast cancers
UNASSIGNED
To evaluate the characteristics of presentation, biochemical profile, and etiology of gynecomastia in adults.
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Medical records of 237 men aged 18-85 years with gynecomastia were evaluated.
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Highest prevalence of gynecomastia was observed between 21 and 30 years (n =
Menopausal disorders coincide with the onset of luteal insufficiency and the resulting relative hyperestrogenism. At this stage the risks to be assessed are mainly related to a worsening of the menstrual syndrome (heaviness of the legs, abdominal distention, water retention, mastodynia, depressive