Immediate Skin Replacement Allows for Nipple-sparing, Direct-to-implant Reconstruction in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancers.

Mastectomy has evolved from approaches that involved extensive skin resection to nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM). However, patients with advanced breast cancers who require extensive skin resection usually also have their nipple areola complexes (NACs) removed, even if they are distant from the cancer. Implant reconstruction in these patients is challenging as they require tissue expansion and, typically, radiotherapy with additional surgeries to complete their reconstruction.

Optimizing Symmetry after Unilateral Mastectomy and Reconstruction with a Less Form-stable Prepectoral Implant.

Implant-based breast reconstruction after bilateral mastectomy allows for excellent symmetry between the reconstructed breasts. After unilateral mastectomy, it is difficult to achieve symmetry between the reconstructed and native breast. In the past, anatomical implants provided a reconstruction that more closely resembled the shape of a native breast compared with the cohesive, round subpectoral implants commonly placed today.

Students' response to a Massage & Meditation medical school course elective.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Due to high incidence of medical student and physician burnout, medical education needs to include skills for life-work balance.

Voriconazole Exposure and Risk of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Aspergillus Colonization, Invasive Aspergillosis and Death in Lung Transplant Recipients.

Voriconazole is a triazole antifungal used to prevent and treat invasive fungal infections after lung transplantation, but it has been associated with an increased risk of developing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Despite widespread use, there are no clear guidelines for optimal prophylactic regimens that balance the competing risks and benefits. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all lung transplant recipients at the University of California, San Francisco, who were transplanted between October 1991 and December 2012 (n = 455) to investigate whether voriconazole exposure affected development of SCC, Aspergillus colonization, invasive aspergillosis and all-cause mortality.

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in pigment genes and nonmelanoma skin cancer predisposition: a systematic review.

Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer in the U.S.A.