Chest wall resections for advanced breast cancer: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Advanced breast cancer (BC) can involve the chest wall through local invasion by the primary tumor, locoregional recurrence, hematogenous metastasis, or sternum infiltration of the internal mammary chain lymph nodes. The purpose of this article is to review indications and the methods of chest wall resection and reconstruction in patients with advanced BC.

Methods

An online literature search was conducted on PubMed database using the following keywords: "chest wall reconstruction" or "chest wall resection" and "breast cancer". Articles in languages other than English were excluded.

Key content and findings

The treatment options should be discussed by a multidisciplinary team. The surgical principles include complete en bloc resection of

SUBMITTER: Baldes N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565365 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature