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01-01-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy with Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Breast Cancer Patients with Tumour-Nipple Distance Less Than 2.0 cm: The Jury is Still Out

Authors: Demetrios Moris, Michael Kontos

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 1/2017

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We read with interest the recently published article by Ruy et al. [1]. It is a retrospective study which compares the oncological outcome of breast cancer patients who were treated with nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) with the tumour lying more than 2 or less than 2 cm from the nipple. All patients had a preoperative MRI reporting that the nipple was preservable; the groups were comparable but the short nipple to tumour distance (STND) patients had smaller tumours in general. The authors conclude that after about 2 years of follow-up the relapse rates are the same. …

Ryu JM, Nam SJ, Kim SW, Lee SK, Bae SY, Yi HW, et al (2016) Feasibility of nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction in breast cancer patients with tumor-nipple distance less than 2.0 cm. World J Surg. doi:10.1007/s00268-016-3487-0

Title: Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy with Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Breast Cancer Patients with Tumour-Nipple Distance Less Than 2.0 cm: The Jury is Still Out
Authors: Demetrios Moris
Michael Kontos
Publication date: 01-01-2017
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-016-3569-z

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