Minerva ginecologica
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Hair loss in women is a very common clinical complaint, and is usually associated with severe emotional distress. In this article, the authors review the most common clinical causes of hair loss in women, and emphasize the role of hormonal changes in the regulation of hair loss and hair growth.
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Surgery is still the gold standard in breast cancer. Also if the elective treatment, thanks to the adjuvant therapy, ha became more conservative than once was, breast surgery remains, in the mind of the woman affected by breast cancer, a demolitive surgery. ⋯ Oncoplastic surgery is the answer to these human and medical necessities, giving the correct approaches about breast volume, tumor volume, radicality of the treatment and esthetic outcome. This review will focus on different oncoplastic approaches, to help improving both the esthetic outcome of breast cancer resection and the likelihood of surgeons obtaining wide surgical margins in preparation for breast-conserving radiotherapy.