• Anticancer research · Jul 2001

    Comparative Study

    A comparative study of subcutaneous mastectomy with radical mastectomy.

    • J Horiguchi, Iino JHY, H Takei, Y Koibuchi, K Iijima, F Ikeda, R Ochiai, K Uchida, M Yoshida, T Yokoe, and Y Morishita.
    • Second Department of Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. junhorig@showa.gunma-u.ac.jp
    • Anticancer Res. 2001 Jul 1; 21 (4B): 2963-7.

    AbstractThe purpose of this study was to compare the results of 133 cases (131 patients) of subcutaneous mastectomy with axillary dissection between 1983 and 1999 and 910 cases of radical mastectomy during the same period. The median follow-up period of the subcutaneous mastectomy group and the radical mastectomy group were 66 months and 81 months, respectively. The age at operation was significantly (p<0.01) younger in the subcutaneous mastectomy group than in the radical mastectomy group and the clinical stage was significantly (p<0.01) earlier. Lymph node metastasis was significantly (p<0.01) higher in the radical mastectomy than in the subcutaneous mastectomy group. There was no difference in ER status between the two groups. There was local recurrence in 5 (3.8%) members of the subcutaneous mastectomy group and in 12 (1.3%) members of the radical mastectomy group. There was no difference in disease-free survival and overall survival between the two groups. Divided into two subgroups by lymph node status, there was no difference in disease-free survival and overall survival between the two groups. Local recurrence occurred more frequently (p<0.05) in the subcutaneous mastectomy group, however, than in the radical mastectomy group when no lymph node metastasis was found. Multivariate analysis using the Cox hazard model showed that operation method and lymph node status were independent prognostic factors for local recurrence, whereas, lymph node status and ER status were independent prognostic factors of disease-free survival. In conclusion, subcutaneous mastectomy presents a risk factor for local recurrence, but the survival rate of the subcutaneous mastectomy group is as favourable as the radical mastectomy group.

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