Does Immediate Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy affect the Initiation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy

摘要: Purpose: The frequency of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is increasing, and the types used are diverse. Adjuvant chemotherapy a life-saving intervention in selected high-risk cancer patients. aim our study was to determine how IBR type affect timing initiation chemotherapy. Methods: We obtained data from female patients treated by mastectomy with (IBR group) without (mastectomy only who received adjuvant between January 1, 2008, December 31, 2010. retrospectively collected including patient characteristics, disease treatment details, outcomes institutional electronic database medical records. were categorized as deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap, latissimus dorsi (LD) flap tissue expander/implant (TEI). Results: In total, 595 included this study. Of these patients, 43 underwent 552 did not undergo group). There significant difference chemo therapy two groups (p< 0.0001). no cases delays more than 12 weeks. group, 20 TEI, 9 insertion DIEP flaps, 14 LD flaps. signifi cant differences according (p= 0.095). Conclusion: chemotherapy, but does lead omission or clinical delay Further,