Open AccessFactors Associated With Local Recurrence After Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction for Invasive Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Heriberto MedinaFranco,
Luis O. Vásconez,
R. Jobe Fix,
Martin J. Heslin,
Samuel W. Beenken,
Kirby I. Bland,
Marshall M. Urist
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200206000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , mastectomy , proportional hazards model , stage (stratigraphy) , univariate analysis , incidence (geometry) , population , surgery , multivariate analysis , breast carcinoma , oncology , cancer , paleontology , physics , environmental health , optics , biology
To examine the incidence of local recurrence (LR) and factors associated with it in a population of patients who underwent skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) and immediate reconstruction for invasive carcinoma.