DIEP flap breast reconstruction: markers and outcomes
Part of Cancer, Heart & circulation, Skin clinical trials.
This study looks at how certain body markers change during and after DIEP flap breast reconstruction (rebuilding the breast with your own belly tissue) following mastectomy for breast cancer. It aims to improve outcomes and care for women undergoing this surgery.
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Who can take part
- You are female and between 18 and 70 years old.
- You have been diagnosed with breast cancer and are scheduled to have a mastectomy followed by immediate DIEP flap breast reconstruction (a procedure that uses your own belly tissue to rebuild the breast).
- You are willing and able to sign a consent form after understanding the study.
- You do not have severe heart, liver, or kidney problems, a current infection, autoimmune disease, or take long-term steroids or immune-suppressing drugs.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
- You have not had prior surgery or radiation on the same breast that could affect blood flow to the area.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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