title: Study on possibilities of reconstructive--plastic surgery in patients with stage III breast cancer.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This population based study aimed to use reconstructive-plastic surgery with autologous tissue as a treatment of patients with stage III breast cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  We identified women (374) diagnosed with stage III breast cancer between 2000 and 2009 years. We compared radical operations with and without a plastic step, where 29 patients underwent the surgery in combination with an immediate radical resection with LD-flap replacement, mastectomy concurrently to TRAM-flap reconstruction in 103 patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We examined the immediate and remote results of therapy. In data analysis, there were higher summarized indices of physical and mental health rates in patients who underwent the reconstruction plastic surgery compared to patients with mastectomy. All treated women 5 -year survival rate was 77.4+3.6 %, 63.5+3.2% and 40.1+3.1 % in stages IIIa, IIIb, IIIc respectively. In the control group, the rates were 78.6+3.4 %, 64.0+3.3 %, and 39.3+3.1 % (p<0.05) respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results showed that women with stage III breast cancer who underwent reconstructive-plastic surgeries had a chance to improve their quality of life, and did not increase the frequency, neither did reduce 5 year survival (Tab. 2, Fig. 4, Ref. 19). Full Text in free PDF www.bmj.sk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast Surgery, Clinical Oncological Centre Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ismagilov
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Khasanov
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Navrusov
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Beknazarov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015996:Survival Rate; D055815:Young Adult