Masaud, Khaled
Galvin, Audrey Dunn
De Loughry, Gillian
Meachair, Aisling O.
Galea, Sarah
Shorten, George
Article History
Received: 8 March 2023
Accepted: 5 July 2024
First Online: 16 July 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork Teaching Hospitals (Reference Numbers ECM4 12/02/2019 and ECM 3 03/12/2019). We obtained individual written informed consent from 90 female patients (aged 18–65 years) who underwent primary breast cancer surgery, namely, wide local excision (WLE), WLE and sentinel lymph node biopsy or mastectomy at Cork University Hospital, Ireland. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.