Guideline-Concordant Surgical Care for Lobular Versus Ductal Inflammatory Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quality of surgical care is understudied for lobular inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), which is less common, more chemotherapy-resistant, and more mammographically occult than ductal IBC. We compared guideline-concordant surgery (modified radical mastectomy [MRM] without immediate reconstruction following chemotherapy) for lobular versus ductal IBC.

Methods

 Female individuals with cT4dM0 lobular and ductal IBC were identified in the National Cancer Database (NCDB) from 2010-2019. Modified radical mastectomy receipt was identified via codes for "modified radical mastectomy" or "mastectomy" and "≥10 lymph nodes removed" (proxy for axillary lymph node dissection). Descriptive statistics, chi-square tests, and t-tests were used.

Results

A total of 1456 lobul

SUBMITTER: Iwai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11300632 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature