Breast cancer recurrence after reoperation for surgical bleeding.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bleeding activates platelets that can bind tumour cells, potentially promoting metastatic growth in patients with cancer. This study investigated whether reoperation for postoperative bleeding is associated with breast cancer recurrence.

Methods

Using the Danish Breast Cancer Group database and the Danish National Patient Register (DNPR), a cohort of women with incident stage I-III breast cancer, who underwent breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy during 1996-2008 was identified. Information on reoperation for bleeding within 14 days of the primary surgery was retrieved from the DNPR. Follow-up began 14 days after primary surgery and continued until breast cancer recurrence, death, emigration, 10 years of follow-up, or 1 January 2013. Incidence rates of breast c

SUBMITTER: Pedersen RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5655703 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature