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Isolation of Leukocytes from Human Breast Milk for Use in an Antibody-dependent Cellular Phagocytosis Assay of HIV Targets
Published on: September 6, 2019
[Breast surgery in HIV-positive women]
C Amanti1, V Catracchia, S Conte
1Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Dipartimento di Chirurgia.
Abstract:
The increasing of HIV infection in young women as well as prolonged survival let us to register an important rising of breast cancers in such type of patients. The Authors report the case of a 48 year old HIV-positive woman, who underwent surgery because of the histological positivity for cancer of the right breast. It was decided to perform a quadrantectomy and reconstruction with implant, because of the absence of immunodepression. The Authors discuss about indications for reconstructive surgery in seropositive women with breast cancer.
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