Effect of delayed autologous breast reconstruction on breast cancer recurrence and survival.

Background: The goal of the present study was to evaluate the impact of delayed autologous breast reconstruction on disease relapse in breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy.

Material And Methods: The study was based on 503 consecutive patients younger than 70 years of age who underwent mastectomy between January 2000 and December 2003. Overall, 391 (78 %) received mastectomy alone and 112 (22 %) underwent a delayed breast reconstruction.

Local recurrence of breast cancer after mastectomy and modern multidisciplinary treatment.

Background: To study the incidence of local recurrence (LR) of early breast cancer in the ipsilateral thoracic wall after mastectomy and outcome of patients with LR.

Material And Methods: A retrospective cohort study based on 2220 consecutive breast cancer patients treated at the Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland, in 2000 to 2003. A subset of 755 (34.

Axillary and supraclavicular recurrences are rare after axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer.

Background: This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors for axillary recurrence (AR) and supraclavicular recurrence (SR) in breast cancer patients with axillary lymph node dissection.

Methods: The study was based on 1,180 patients with unilateral invasive breast cancer operated between January 2000 and December 2003. The median duration of follow-up was 78 months.