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. 2016 Jan 14:16:e5.
eCollection 2016.

Bilateral Reduction Mammaplasty as an Oncoplastic Technique for the Management of Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Women with Macromastia

Russell E Ettinger  1 , Shailesh Agarwal  1 , Paul H Izenberg  2 , Richard J Beil  2 , Daniel G Sherick  2
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Bilateral Reduction Mammaplasty as an Oncoplastic Technique for the Management of Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Women with Macromastia

Russell E Ettinger et al. Eplasty. .

Abstract

Objective: Lumpectomy may result in contour deformities or breast asymmetry in women with breast cancer and macromastia. This study investigates the use of bilateral reduction mammaplasty, with the tumor and margins included within the reduction specimen.

Methods: Twenty-four patients who underwent lumpectomy with immediate bilateral reduction mammaplasty for unilateral breast cancer were included. Patient medical records were reviewed for demographic, oncological, and surgical characteristics.

Results: Mean patient age was 57 years, and mean body mass index was 32.2 kg/m(2). Mean tumor size was 1.7 cm. All tumor margins were free of neoplastic involvement. No difference was noted between the ipsilateral and contralateral resection weights (P = .81). Adjuvant radiation therapy was delivered to 21 patients (88%). There were no significant differences in postoperative total (P = .36), major (P = .44), or minor (P = .71) complications between the tumor and nontumor sides. Only 1 patient required additional revision surgery following the initial lumpectomy with bilateral reduction mammaplasty.

Conclusion: Lumpectomy with bilateral reduction mammaplasty did not compromise surgical margins. Lumpectomy with bilateral reduction mammaplasty may allow for adequate surgical treatment of breast cancer while avoiding significant breast asymmetry in women with macromastia.

Keywords: breast cancer; breast reconstruction; lumpectomy; oncoplastic; reduction mammaplasty.

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Tumor location based on laterality and breast quadrant.
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Mean glandular resection weights for the tumor-involved breast and the breast undergoing reduction alone.
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Frequency of postoperative complications.
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Complication rates by category for the tumor-involved breast and the breast undergoing reduction alone.
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