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How do you counsel patients who will undergo external beam radiation regarding complications with breast implants from previous breast augmentation?

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic Hospital

The best experience any individual can offer is likely anecdotal. There is one paper from the Mayo Clinic, which supports that most women are able to maintain an acceptable cosmetic outcome (about 2/3rd) and that with further intervention (i.e., capsulotomy) that number increased to 89%. The cosmesi...

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