3-Dimensional objective aesthetic evaluation to replace panel assessment after breast-conserving treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Two-thirds of patients with early breast cancer undergo breast-conserving treatment (BCT). Aesthetic outcome is important and has long term implications for psychosocial wellbeing. The aesthetic goal of BCT is symmetry for which there is no gold-standard measure. Panel scoring is the most widely adopted assessment but has well-described limitations. This paper describes a model to objectively report aesthetic outcome using measures derived from 3-dimensional surface images (3D-SI).

Method

Objective measures and panel assessment were undertaken independently for 3D-SI of women who underwent BCT 1-5 years previously. Univariate analysis was used to test for association between measures and panel score. A forward stepwise multiple linear regression model was fitted t

SUBMITTER: Godden AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7717038 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature