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Paola Scavina

Researcher at Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata

Publications -  14
Citations -  133

Paola Scavina is an academic researcher from Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 9 publications receiving 74 citations.

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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is not a contraindication for nipple sparing mastectomy

TL;DR: NSM after NCH is not associated with a statistically significant difference in terms of post-operative complications, total nipple loss for necrosis or margins, and results improve with experience.
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Breast cancer subtypes affect the nodal response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer: Are we ready to endorse axillary conservation?

TL;DR: In Her2+ tumors, breast pCR predicts node pCR, supporting the use of SLNB in this subgroup to stage the axilla avoiding ALND, and in her2+ group, nodal pCR was observed only with breast p CR.