Rachel Xue Ning Lee's research while affiliated with University of Nottingham and other places

Publications (9)

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Background: Oncoplastic procedures allow excision of larger breast tumours, or unfavourable tumour/breast ratio lesions while achieving a good cosmetic outcome. This increases the pool of patients eligible for breast conservation over mastectomy, reducing the need for more extensive surgery in older women and potentially improving their quality of...
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Background: Teleconsultations were introduced for cancer surgery follow-up to ease pressure on hospital services and facilitate patients' access to those services. There is limited evidence on patients' perceptions of this swift shift in service provision. Aims: The purpose of this qualitative systematic review was to explore patient experiences...
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Aims The principles of same day emergency care (SDEC) have been around early assessment, access to point of care testing and criteria led discharge. Supplementing clinical and biochemical assessment with ultrasound (USS) may not always achieve a diagnosis but still facilitates SDEC. Our 5-day SDEC USS service aims to achieve these objectives with o...
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Aims Royal College of Radiologists states core biopsy is indicated where imaging is normal, but clinical assessment is P3 and above. However, many clinicians opt for clinical biopsy following normal imaging results despite clinical assessment under P3. We recommended: reserving clinical biopsies following normal imaging for women >50 year; performi...
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Background: Postmastectomy immediate breast reconstruction (PMIBR) may improve the quality of life of patients with breast cancer, of whom older women (aged 65 years or more) are a growing proportion. This study aimed to assess PMIBR in older women with regard to underlying impediments (if any). Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, and PubMed were searched...
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Introduction Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction (PMBR) is an important component of the multidisciplinary care of breast cancer patients. Despite the improved quality of life, significant racial disparities in the receipt of PMBR exist. Given the increasing population of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) women in UK, it is important to add...

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... Los trabajos revisados concluyen que el CGO no parece tener un impacto psicológico negativo significativo y por el contrario puede contribuir a una mejora de la precisión del riesgo subjetivo de padecer cáncer, así como una reducción de los niveles de ansiedad derivados del proceso. Sería una herramienta útil para mejorar el bienestar de las familias en las que no se encuentra una mutación patogénica y sin que se produzca un incremento significativo del grado de estrés previo en aquellos casos en que se confirma la presencia de una mutación (12,13) . ...
... As with non-IBC patients, we found that demographic and socioeconomic factors highly predict receipt of breast reconstruction in IBC patients [28][29][30][31]. Younger age at diagnosis is a well-known predictor [32][33][34]. ...