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Keep this study
Lead
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
With
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Age ≥ 18
Female
All BMIs
Patients undergoing mastectomy at MSKCC (i.e. Nipple-sparing mastectomy, skin-sparing mastectomy, simple mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy, radical mastectomy); mastectomy may be either prophylactic or therapeutic. OR
Patients undergoing hysterectomy at MSKCC
History of prior breast surgeries/procedures is acceptable
You may not be if
Pregnancy (confirmed or suspected);
Inability to lay supine on equipment table and maintain the position for the necessary time;
Weight superior to the maximum allowed by the DEXA machine (over 350 lbs or 158 kg);
Greater than 10% baseline weight loss in the past year;
Planned surgical procedure is not a Mastectomy (i.e. breast conservation surgery or other non-mastectomy procedure; such as lumpectomy) or hysterectomy
Metastatic cancer
History of Wasting Syndromes or Cachexia
Use of daily NSAIDs, aspirin, or steroids (other than inhaled or topical) within 30 days of surgery
