Immediate Breast Reconstruction Allows for the Timely Initiation of Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complications from breast reconstruction may delay postmastectomy radiation therapy and impact breast cancer outcomes. The authors hypothesized that immediate breast reconstruction may be associated with delays in the initiation of radiation, but that this delay would not significantly impact overall patient survival.

Methods

Using the National Cancer Database, the authors identified women with breast cancer who underwent mastectomy and received postmastectomy radiation therapy. Delayed radiation was defined as treatment initiated 6 months or more after surgery in patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy or 12 weeks or more after surgery in patients who received neoadjuvant or no chemotherapy.

Results

Women undergoing breast reconstruction had an increas

SUBMITTER: Shammas RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297625 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature