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LOCAL RECURRENCE OF BREAST CANCER: ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN RELATION TO BREAST RECONSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
MENDELSON BRYAN C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb05288.x
Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , breast cancer , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , cancer , oncology , general surgery , alternative medicine , pathology
Questions regarding local recurrences are a major concern in considering mastectomy patients for breast reconstruction. A critical analysis of the literature on local recurrences Indirectly provides answers to several of these concerns. Local recurrence Is a relatively predictable event, and is uncommon In those with a favourable breast cancer. Its presence reflects concurrent systemic disease which is usually lethal within a short time. Concern over subsequent local recurrences should not be a contraindication to breast reconstruction In selected patients.