• Darius Dian, Katja Schwenn, Ioannis Mylonas, Wolfgang Janni, Fritz Jaenicke, and Klaus Friese.
• University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany. darius.dian@med.uni-muenchen.de
• Arch. Gynecol. Obstet. 2007 Jun 1; 275 (6): 445-50.

PurposeFollowing breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy followed by autologous breast reconstruction, breast cancer patients were studied to discover their satisfaction with the aesthetic results of the two treatment strategies.Patients And MethodsOne hundred and thirty-four breast cancer patients were included in this study. Sixty-four underwent breast-conserving surgery followed by radiotherapy. Mastectomy was performed in 70 patients with immediate or late reconstruction. To evaluate the quality of the aesthetic results in both groups we designed a questionnaire assessing different cosmetic categories.ResultsPatients in both therapy groups showed a very high satisfaction with their cosmetic results; the patients undergoing breast reconstruction were even more satisfied than the patients who had breast-conserving therapy.ConclusionOur study demonstrated that breast reconstruction with autologous tissue offers an opportunity to support patients with advanced breast cancer who were confronted with mastectomy, showing a high degree of satisfaction with the cosmetic results.

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