• Breast · Feb 2013

    Comparative Study

    Does immediate breast reconstruction compromise the delivery of adjuvant chemotherapy?

    • Rachel Jui-Chi Chang, Katharine Kirkpatrick, Richard H De Boer, and Bruce Mann G G.
    • Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne, Australia. rachelchang2010@gmail.com
    • Breast. 2013 Feb 1; 22 (1): 64-9.

    BackgroundImmediate breast reconstruction (IBR) provides psychological benefit to many early breast cancer patients however concerns persist regarding its potential impact on chemotherapy delivery. We investigated the association between IBR, complications and adjuvant chemotherapy delivery.MethodRetrospective analysis of patients in an academic breast service, who underwent mastectomy, with or without reconstruction, and received adjuvant chemotherapy.ResultsComparisons were made between 107 patients who received IBR and 113 who received mastectomy alone. Those receiving IBR were on average younger, with lower body mass index (BMI) and better prognoses. Overall complication rates were comparable (mastectomy alone: 45.1% versus IBR: 35.5%, p = 0.2). There was more return to surgery in the IBR group with 11.5% of tissue expanders requiring removal, whilst more seromas occurred in the mastectomy group. There was no significant difference in the median time to chemotherapy.ConclusionWe found no evidence that IBR compromised the delivery of adjuvant chemotherapy, although there was a significant incidence of implant infection.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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