Secondary operations are frequently required to complete the surgical phase of therapy in the era of breast conservation and sentinel lymph node biopsy
Secondary operations are frequently required to complete the surgical phase of therapy in the era of breast conservation and sentinel lymph node biopsy
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DOI:
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.01.003
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发表时间:
2004-05-01
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3
通讯作者:
Carter, PL
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作者:
Mullenix, PS;Cuadrado, DG;Carter, PL
Background: Breast conservation therapy (BCT) is an oncologically equivalent and cosmetically preferable alternative to mastectomy for most early-stage breast cancers. The number of operations required to complete the surgical phase of therapy with BCT has not been widely reported.Methods: From our institutional tumor registry, we reviewed the records of all patients receiving primary surgical therapy for breast cancer from January 1, 1998, to June 30, 2002. There were 204 patients with 210 breast cancers in the cohort. These cancers were initially managed with either BCT (n = 150) or mastectomy (modified radical mastectomy or total mastectomy with sentinel lymph node biopsy) (n = 60). We compared the percentages of patients in each group who required additional surgeries to obtain clear margins, manage axillary disease, or otherwise complete the surgical phase of therapy. Patients with secondary surgery related to long-term local recurrence were excluded.Results: Fifty-one percent of patients initially managed with BCT required additional surgery compared with 12% in the mastectomy group (P