Breast cancer involvement of the nipple-areola complex and implications for nipple-sparing mastectomies: a retrospective observational study in 137 patients.

Conclusion: The incidence of NAC affection among breast carcinoma patients who underwent mastectomy and axillary clearance was associated with important parameters, such as tumor size, areola edge-tumor distance, lymph node affection, hormonal receptor status and lymphovascular invasion. Accordingly, NAC-preserving surgeries could be tailored to patients with favourable tumor characteristics.
PMID: 30923569 [PubMed]

Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - March 31, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Faisal M, Fathy H, Gomaa AMM, Abd-Elzaher H, Ahmed MAH, Sayed MG Tags: Patient Saf Surg Source Type: research