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Methods | Retrospective multi‐centre database review cohort January 2010 to March 2017 Optum ClinformaticsTM DataMart, Eden Prairie, MN, USA) 18,251 participants |
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Participants |
Inclusion: Women with breast cancer undergoing breast‐conserving surgery Exclusion: Patients were excluded if they underwent:
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Interventions |
Intervention: Volume displacement ‐ lumpectomy & mammoplasty &/or mastopexy, (n = 709) Control: BCS: wide local excision, (n = 17,542) |
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Outcomes |
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Notes | Declarations: 2 of the authors were employees of Medtronic and one was a paid consultant, but for services unrelated to this present research Funding: Medtronic provided funds for professional medical writing but had no influence on study design and manuscript preparation |