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- Title
Unplanned implant removal in locally advanced breast cancer.
- Authors
Anderson, Justin D.; Hammond, Jacob B.; Kosiorek, Heidi E.; Thorpe, Cameron S.; Bhangoo, Ronik S.; Pockaj, Barbara A.; Gray, Richard J.; Cronin, Patricia A.; Rebecca, Alanna M.; Casey, William J.; Wong, William W.; Keole, Sameer R.; Vern‐Gross, Tamara Z.; McGee, Lisa A.; Halyard, Michele Y.; DeWees, Todd A.; Vargas, Carlos E.
- Abstract
Study conducted to determine frequency and timing of unplanned breast implant removal after mastectomy, reconstruction, and postmastectomy radiation (PMRT). From 2010–2017, 52 patients underwent mastectomy, reconstruction, and PMRT. With median follow‐up of 3.1 years, 23 patients (44%) experienced implant removal. Implant removal occurred in 9 (17%) patients before starting PMRT and 14 (27%) patients after starting PMRT. Implant removal rates were similar for hypofractionated PMRT compared with standard fractionation and for proton compared with photon PMRT. Implant removal is common for women undergoing mastectomy and reconstruction followed by PMRT. The risk is clinically significant even before starting radiation.
- Subjects
MEDICAL device removal; PHOTON absorptiometry; METASTASIS; PLASTIC surgery; BREAST implants; COMPARATIVE studies; POSTOPERATIVE period; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MASTECTOMY; BREAST tumors
- Publication
Breast Journal, 2021, Vol 27, Issue 5, p466
- ISSN
1075-122X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tbj.14224