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JANUARY 22, 2020

European Study of Robotic Mastectomy Sparks Interest

By Monica J. Smith

Dallas—Robotic mastectomy differs little from open mastectomy in terms of complications, and the data on its oncologic safety are premature, but patients who undergo robotic mastectomy experience more favorable quality-of-life outcomes than those who undergo open surgery, according to a recent proof-of-concept study.

At the 2019 meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, Antonio Toesca, MD, described the ongoing findings of a project initiated in 2014 at the