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Sternum bone giant cell tumor resection and chest wall reconstruction after the excision of breast cancer
Author(s) -
Yuqi Wang,
Feng Wei,
Xiangyang Chu,
Bo Yang,
Ming Zhao,
Yue Sun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138123
Subject(s) - sternum , medicine , surgery , mastectomy , breast cancer , giant cell tumor of bone , complication , resection , cancer , giant cell , radiology , pathology
Giant cell tumor (GCT) is generally treated with wide surgical excision, but the local bone tissue dysfunction is a major complication. Here, we report a sternum GCT patient who had previously undergone a mastectomy. The tumor was excised, and the patient accepted chest wall reconstruction. The patient recovered well and suffered no recurrence at the first year follow-up

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