title: Scar formation after breast-conserving surgery for cancer. Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Breast Cancer Group.
abstract: A study of surgery for breast cancer was performed to examine the influence of haematoma formation and radiotherapy on the development of mammographically detected scars. Fifty-nine women undergoing lumpectomy and radiotherapy were studied. Sixteen had mammographic scars 12 months after surgery. There was a correlation between postoperative haematoma formation and scarring (P = 0.03) but not between tumour size and scarring. The type of radiation therapy did not influence scar formation.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Orford
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ingram
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Kaard
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Sheiner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D008875:Middle Aged; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed