[Ulcerated cancers of the breast: results of modified mastectomy. Apropos of 64 cases].
Although, happily, at the present time the actual tendency in mammary neoplastic disease is being increasingly orientated towards conservative treatment, a fairly large number of total mastectomies are still being performed in patients diagnosed at a late stage. The frequency, technical aspects and precise local and general prognosis of this affection are discussed in relation to 63 breast cancers treated surgically between 1975 and 1984. These so-called "trimming" mastectomies represent 4.22% of overall total mastectomies performed during the same period. The surgical technic employed was the Patey type total mastectomy with either primary suturing after-wide separation of borders or closure with a thoraco-epigastric fasciocutaneous flap with internal pedicle. Actuarial survival was satisfactory: 58% at 2 years, 34% at 5 years, survival being significantly better in patients with lack of glandular invasion. This surgical technic should be considered, in combination with other therapy, for these patients, who should not be classed as "unrecoverable".
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Centre Oscar Lambret, Rue F. Combemale, Lille.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology
Les cancers ulcérés du sein: résultats des mastectomies de propreté. A propos de 64 observations.