Breast-conserving therapy versus mastectomy for breast cancer: a ten-year follow-up single-center real-world study

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rapid development of early diagnostic methods and systematic treatment for breast cancer have shed lights on the insight of prognosis of breast-conserving therapy versus mastectomy. However, there are relatively few studies with long-term follow-up, large patient cohort and under the contemporary setting in China on the subject of survival of patients undergoing breast conserving therapy versus mastectomy.

Methods

Data on the cases of breast-conserving therapy and mastectomy for breast cancer from October 1, 2005 to September 31, 2010 were retrieved from the breast cancer database of Chinese PLA General Hospital. The clinicopathological characteristics of patients were compared by chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test. Breast cancer-specific survival, dise

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9346212 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature