Axillary management of breast cancer patients with isolated chest wall recurrence after mastectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines on the axillary management of breast cancer patients with isolated chest wall recurrence after mastectomy are unclear. Though sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is possible and may be considered, there is limited data on its usefulness. We aimed to determine if axillary restaging surgery was required in this cohort of patients who developed operable isolated chest wall recurrences after mastectomy.

Methods

Breast cancer patients treated at a tertiary institution from 1st September 2005 to 31st October 2017 and developed isolated chest wall invasive recurrences after mastectomy were retrospectively reviewed. We excluded patients with bilateral cancers, concurrent regional or distant metastases, patients without

SUBMITTER: Lim GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113085 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature