background: women with the medical history of breast cancer constitute the biggest group of patients who survived cancer. despite the high rate of mastectomy after breast cancer in iran only limited patients elect reconstruction surgery. the aim of our study was to evaluate the rate of tendency to breast reconstruction (br) surgery among women with breast cancer who had mastectomy but not under...

BACKGROUND Factors influencing the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ with mastectomy and reconstruction are poorly understood. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of 196 patients presenting to one institution was performed. RESULTS Forty-seven patients (24.0%) were treated with mastectomy, while 149 (76.0%) underwent breast-conserving surgery. Of the mastectomy patients, 28 (59.6%) ele...

Purpose: Skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction is a recent major advance in breast reconstruction after radical glandular mastectomy. This study intended to asses its preliminary results in our patients with regards to oncologic safety and aesthetic quality. Patients and methods: Twenty-eight patients with, early-stage invasive breast cancer, diffuse ductal in-situ carcinoma and...

HYPOTHESIS The rationale for removal of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC) during total mastectomy centers on long-standing concerns about possible neoplastic involvement of the NAC and its postoperative viability. Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) combines a skin-sparing mastectomy with preservation of the NAC, intraoperative pathological assessment of the nipple tissue core, and immediate reconst...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that influence Saskatchewan women's choice between breast conserving therapy (BCT) and mastectomy in early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) and to compare and contrast underlying reasons behind choice of BCT versus mastectomy. METHODS Interpretive description methods guided this practice-based qualitative study. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and presented ...

Given the high complication rates in patients who require radiation therapy (XRT) after mastectomy and immediate reconstruction, and the low local recurrence rates following neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and breast conservation therapy, we sought to determine if using neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and oncoplastic mammoplasty as an alternative to mastectomy and immediate reconstruction is an effective s...

OBJECTIVE To gain a holistic and deep understanding about how mastectomy effects the body image of women who have breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sample of this qualitative descriptive study consisted of twenty patients who underwent mastectomy procedures. Semi-structured interviews were conducted during the second week after mastectomy. Each interview was transcribed verbatim, and a...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among Iranian women and mastectomy comprises 81% of surgeries for treatment of breast cancer. Mastectomy may create feelings such as deformation or impairment in patients, cause body-image disorder, and reduce sexuality and sexual activity which in turn may entail mental disorders. The study aimed to elaborate coping processes. MATERIALS A...

CONTEXT Although breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is less invasive than mastectomy and results in similar survival, many women eligible for BCS continue to undergo mastectomy. Whether the persistent use of mastectomy means that women do not understand their options or reflects an informed preference is unknown. OBJECTIVE To learn which treatment surgeons would choose when asked to imagine that...

Breast conservation therapy has been the cornerstone of the surgical treatment of breast cancer for the last 20 years; however, recently, the use of mastectomy has been increasing. Mastectomy is one of the most frequently performed breast operations, and with novel surgical techniques, preservation of the skin envelope and/or the nipple-areolar complex is commonly performed. The goal of this pa...