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Original Articles: General Thoracic

Full-Thickness Resection With Myocutaneous Flap Reconstruction for Locally Recurrent Breast Cancer

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Schillerhöhe Hospital at Robert Bosch Hospital, Gerlingen, Germany
^b Department of Plastic Surgery, Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany
^c Department of Mathematics, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
^d Department of Thoracic Surgery, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan

Accepted for publication February 5, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Friedel, Klinik Schillerhoehe at Robert Bosch Hospital, Solitudestr 18, Gerlingen, D-70839, Germany (Email: godehard.friedel{at}klinik-schillerhoehe.de).

Background: Despite available recommendations, therapeutic procedures of locally recurrent breast cancer are very different. This retrospective study presents the possibilities and results of complete, full-thickness chest wall resection.

Methods: Between 1985 and 2006, 63 women (mean age, 58 years) with local recurrence of breast cancer invading the chest wall underwent chest wall resection with myocutaneous flap coverage and are included in this study. Adequate lung, cardiovascular, renal, and hepatic functions were additional eligibility requirements for inclusion. Preoperative known extrapulmonary metastases, pleural dissemination, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status 3 or 4 were exclusion criteria. Survival rates were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analysis was used for relative risk factors.

Results: The median interval between operation for the primary tumor and of the local recurrence was 89 months, with median follow-up at 28 months. In the total collective, cumulative 5-, 10- and 15-year survival rates were 46%, 29%, and 22%, respectively, with a median survival of 56 months. R0 resection was associated with a 5-year survival of 50.4%. Prognostic factors were patient age at the time of the primary operation and tumor invasion of bony structures. Mortality was 1.6% and morbidity was 25%.

Conclusions: Full-thickness chest wall resection of locally recurrent breast cancer performed by a team of thoracic and plastic surgeons provides the best survival rates, with low mortality and morbidity. An earlier application of this method may lead to further improvement of these results.

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