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The information in the breast reconstruction section is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding breast reconstruction. This booklet has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:
- Improving Outcomes In Breast Cancer – Guidance on Cancer Services. NICE, August 2002.
- Oncoplastic Breast surgery – A guide to good practice. Association of Breast Surgery at BASO, BAPRAS and the Training Interface Group in Breast Surgery, EJSO 33 (2007) S1–S23
- Up-to-date website: www.uptodate.org.uk – accessed June 2008
- Cancerhelp website: www.cancerhelp.org.uk – accessed June 2008
- Roses Daniel F. Breast Cancer. 2005. Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia.
Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.
Content last reviewed: 01 November 2008
Page last modified: 14 January 2009
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