Breast cancer surgery in 30 Italian general hospitals

A. A. Alexanian; N. Scorpiglione; G. Apolone; R. Fossati; A. Liberati; R. Grilli; M. C. Liberati; J. S. Marsoni; N. Monferroni; P. Mosconi; A. Nicolucci; V. Torri

Breast cancer surgery in 30 Italian general hospitals

A. A. Alexanian, N. Scorpiglione, G. Apolone, R. Fossati, A. Liberati, R. Grilli, M. C. Liberati, J. S. Marsoni, N. Monferroni, P. Mosconi, A. Nicolucci, V. Torri

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The utilization of limited surgery in patients with breast cancer operated between September 1986 and July 1988 was assessed using information collected within a cohort subsequently enrolled in a randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy of post-surgical follow up. Overall 30% had limited surgery 61% had other more radical procedures and 9% are still undergoing an unnecessary Halsted mastectomy. Several factors were related to the lower likelihood of getting a conservative procedure: geographic distribution age level of education quadrant and nodal state. The paper discusses the implications of these findings in view of the otherwise growing consensus that more radical surgery should be abandoned.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	123-129
Number of pages	7
Journal	European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume	19
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1993

Keywords

Breast cancer
Breast surgery

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Oncology
Surgery

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Breast cancer surgery in 30 Italian general hospitals. / Alexanian, A. A.; Scorpiglione, N.; Apolone, G.; Fossati, R.; Liberati, A.; Grilli, R.; Liberati, M. C.; Marsoni, J. S.; Monferroni, N.; Mosconi, P.; Nicolucci, A.; Torri, V.

In: European Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1993, p. 123-129.

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