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Annals of Surgical Oncology
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 2/2005

01-02-2005

Immediate Reconstruction After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Effect on Adjuvant Treatment Starting and Survival

Authors: Sebastien Gouy, MD, Roman Rouzier, MD, Marie-Christine Missana, MD, David Atallah, MD, Omar Youssef, MD, Lise Barreau-Pouhaer, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 2/2005

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Abstract

Background

For patients treated with initial surgery, the safety of immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy has been demonstrated. Some concerns exist after neoadjuvant chemotherapy because this sequence is proposed for patients with large tumors and for whom adjuvant therapies are considered cornerstones of treatment. In this study, we sought to determine whether reconstruction after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and mastectomy for large operable breast cancer affects the interval between surgery and adjuvant treatment and affects survival.

Methods

A single-institution retrospective analysis was performed by using the database of the Institut Gustave-Roussy.

Results

Forty-eight patients who had undergone mastectomy and immediate reconstruction (implant, 60%) followed by adjuvant chemotherapy were identified. They were compared with 181 patients who underwent mastectomy without reconstruction and with 32 patients who underwent mastectomy followed by delayed reconstruction (implant, 19%). No difference was found concerning the interval between surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy: 26 vs. 23 days for patients with immediate breast reconstruction and for patients treated with modified radical mastectomy followed or not by delayed reconstruction, respectively (P = .11). No difference was found concerning the onset of radiotherapy: 87 vs. 81 days (P = .22). Survival was not different in patients treated with immediate reconstruction compared with those with mastectomy alone.

Conclusions

Immediate breast reconstruction does not delay the starting of adjuvant therapy and has no significant effect on local relapse–free or distant disease–free survival. Additional data are needed concerning the use of flap for this indication.
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Metadata
Title
Immediate Reconstruction After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Effect on Adjuvant Treatment Starting and Survival
Authors
Sebastien Gouy, MD
Roman Rouzier, MD
Marie-Christine Missana, MD
David Atallah, MD
Omar Youssef, MD
Lise Barreau-Pouhaer, MD
Publication date
01-02-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 2/2005
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/ASO.2005.04.003

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