Postoperative complications after breast cancer surgery and effect on recurrence and survival: population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is conflicting evidence regarding whether postoperative complications after breast cancer surgery are associated with worse oncological outcome. This study aimed to assess the risk of systemic breast cancer recurrence after surgical site infection and also the impact of surgical site infection on locoregional recurrence, breast cancer-specific survival and overall survival.

Methods

This nationwide cohort study included patients who underwent surgery for primary breast cancer in Sweden between January 2008 and September 2019. The study cohort was identified in the Breast Cancer Database Sweden 3.0, a database linking the National Breast Cancer Quality Register to national population-based healthcare registers held by the National Board of Health and Welfare a

SUBMITTER: Adwall L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646125 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature