Cosmetic assessment of surgical breast lumpectomy

Early stage breast tumours are often removed by lumpectomy with possible distortion of patient's breast. EU scientists proposed a preoperative computational tool for cosmetic outcome assessment.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer with half a million new cases registered in Europe every year. The treatment at the early stages involves breast preserving surgery (lumpectomy) followed in some cases by chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Evaluation of the aesthetic outcome of breast conserving therapy found that 6 % of patients receive a poor cosmetic result and up to 30 % of patients are dissatisfied with their appearance after surgery. The EU-funded IBESUP project attempted to develop computer simulation tools to evaluate the cosmetic outcome of the surgery.

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