Morphological predictors of nipple areola involvement in malignant breast tumors
Author(s) -
Kalyan Khan,
S. Chakraborti,
Sukanta Mondal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.64329
Subject(s) - breast cancer , mastectomy , context (archaeology) , medicine , areola , statistical significance , univariate analysis , statistical analysis , univariate , multivariate analysis , correlation , surgery , cancer , radiology , multivariate statistics , mathematics , statistics , biology , paleontology , geometry
Nipple areola (NA) sparing mastectomy has an acceptable complication rate, is oncologically safe and facilitates an improved cosmetic result, aiding greatly in reducing psychological trauma associated with breast loss. Questions regarding preoperative case selection for NA sparing mastectomy are pertinent.
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