COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CONSERVATIVE BREAST SURGERY AND SKIN SPARING MASTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIFOCAL BREAST CANCER

Background: Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer among women of both developed and developing countries and the leading cause of cancer death in females. The incidence of multifocal breast cancer has increased due to the improvement in imaging studies and the use of MRI. Multifocal breast cancer was previously considered a contraindication for breast conservative surgery. However, with the recent progress in the neoadjuvant systemic therapy Together with development of oncoplastic surgeries breast conservation is being increasingly performed for multifocal cases. Skin sparing mastectomy can also be used for multifocal cases with superior aesthetic results without compromising the oncological safety. Aim of the work: This study aims to compare conservative breast surgery and skin sparing mastectomy in multifocal breast cancer regarding local recurrence. Patients and methods: This is a prospective randomized clinical
trial study conducted in Ain-Shams University Hospitals Breast surgery unit over 30 patients with minimal follow-up of 18 months.2 groups of patients; Group A: composed of 15 patients that undergoing conservative breast surgery for multifocal breast cancer. Group B: composed of 15 patients that undergoing skin sparing mastectomy for multifocal breast cancer. An informed consent will be taken from all patients who will accept to participate. Results: The percentage of local recurrence were found to be comparable in both groups. Also the aesthetic results and patients’ satisfaction were similar in both groups. However, postoperative wound complications were higher in the skin sapring mastectomy group.
Conclusion: This study suggests that any of the two procedures can safely be done to cases with multifocal breast cancer however the cosmetic results in skin sparing mastectomy group was more superior than in the conservative breast surgery group.