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Breast Center Bulletin 174

Breast Center Bulletin 174

The Vanderbilt Breast Center (VBC) is a comprehensive, full service, multidisciplinary outpatient facility located in Nashville, TN, that offers screening, imaging, biopsy, medical oncology, radiation oncology, plastic surgery consultation, nutrition, social work, infusion, wellness and survivorship care, clinical trials and genetic counseling all in one setting.

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Breast Center Bulletin 172

Current Issues in Breast Cancer Survivorship – The Heart of the Matter B.I. Bodai, MD, F.A.C.S Director, Breast Cancer Survivorship Institute Kaiser Permanente, Sacramento There are nearly 3 million women in the United States who have been successfully treated for...

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Breast Center Bulletin 170

Breast pain is a common, distressing problem among women. Many of them seek medical attention because they are concerned about the possibility of breast cancer. (Howard, Battaglia, Prout, Freund, 2012). After significant disease is ruled out, most patients respond to simple reassurance. Others, however, require treatment because symptoms interfere with their lives.

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Breast Center Bulletin 169

Special Reimbursement Issue Cancer care in general and breast cancer care in particular, is expensive and complicated. The current NCBC Bulletin contains important timely articles addressing detailed billing data regarding image guided breast biopsies and breast...

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Breast Center Bulletin 168

Cancer Rehabilitation: CARF International Standards for Cancer Rehabilitation Specialty Programs Nicole L. Stout DPT, CLT-LANA1, Christine M. MacDonell2, Office of Strategic Research, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Mark. O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center,...

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Breast Center Bulletin 164

Human beings are habitual when it comes to accomplishing daily tasks either in the work place, at home or in recreation. For example how many people return from the grocery store, grab all 17 bags in the LEFT hand so the door can be opened with the key in the RIGHT hand?

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