The evaluatıon of contralateral breast lesıons in breast cancer patıents usıng reductıon mammoplasty
Journal of Breast Cancer, cilt.14, sa.3, ss.219-222, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.4048/jbc.2011.14.3.219
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Breast Cancer
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.219-222
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Breast neoplasms, Contralateral, Mammoplasty
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Purpose: This study evaluated the importance of routine pathological examination of contralateral breast specimens in breast cancer patients using reduction mammoplasty. Methods: The weight of breast tissue resected from the contralateral breast in 71 patients and the number of slices used for pathological evaluation were recorded. Breast lesions found in the contralateral breast and accompanying lesions with tumors were examined. Results: High risk proliferative lesions were reported in the con-tralateral breast of eight (11.2%) patients, and low-risk lesions were detected in 18 (25%). While the mean age of the patients with high-risk lesions was 45.6, it was 52.8 for the other patients (p=0.036). Conclusion: Bilateral reduction mammoplasty may be benefcial to delineate some pathologies in contralateral breasts even in those patients with normal clinical and radiological fnd-ings. The incidental discovery of these pathologies is much more likely in young breast cancer patients. © 2011 Korean Breast Cancer Society.