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OBCT2.1 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Surgery - 0.5 CPDs
CourseIn 1894, William Halsted, M.D., from John Hopkins Hospital, performed the first radical mastectomy for breast cancer. “The Halsted Procedure,” as it became known, was a one-size-fits-all approach designed to save the woman’s life.
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OBCT2.2 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Breast Reconstruction - 0.5 CPDs
CourseIn the weeks after patients are diagnosed with breast cancer or in the months and years after treatment is concluded patients may consult a breast surgeon or a plastic surgeon to consider their options for breast reconstruction.
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OBCT2.3 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Postoperative Issues - 0.5 CPDs
CourseBreast cancer surgery and breast reconstruction surgery can be short or major surgery. For example, mastectomy and expander surgery may take 1-2 hours, TRAM Flap reconstructions may take between 4-6 hours and DIEP Flaps may take 5-8 hours.
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OBCT2.4 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Chemotherapy - 0.5 CPDs
Course“Mortality from cancer has continued to decline since the 1990s. Whereas half of this decline is due to prevention and early diagnosis, the other half is due to advances in treatment, much of it due to the inclusion of chemotherapy in most treatment
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OBCT2.5 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: Radiation Therapy - 0.5 CPDs
CourseRadiation therapy (RT) is high energy X-Rays that target the DNA of the fast dividing cancer cells. DNA damage interferes with the cancer cell's ability to grow and replicate that results in induced apoptosis or cell death.
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OBCT2.6 - An Overview of Breast Cancer Treatment: The Breast Cancer Team - 0.5 CPDs
CourseThe majority of breast cancer patients choose the services of evidenced based and conventional oncology medical professionals. 66% also choose complimentary practitioners such as acupuncturists to manage treatment-related-symptoms