Chest wall recurrence in pT1-2N0-1 breast cancer patients after mastectomy without radiotherapy

Ji Hyun Chang, Kyung Hwan Shin, Seung Do Ahn, Hae Jin Park, Eui Kyu Chie, Jin Ho Kim, Su Ssan Kim, Yong Bae Kim, Won Park, Yeon Joo Kim, Hyun Soo Shin, Jin Hee Kim, Sun Young Lee, Kyubo Kim, Kyung Ran Park, Bae Kwon Jeong, Ja Young Kim, Suzy Kim

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Abstract

Purpose: In correlation with the nodal status in the era of modern radiotherapy, the chest wall recurrence (CWR) rate was investigated in pT1-2N0-1 breast cancer patients after a mastectomy without post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT). Methods: The data from the patients participating in two South Korean multi-institutional studies (KROG 14–22; N = 1842 and KROG 14–23; N = 1382) were analyzed. In total, 3224 pT1-2N0-1 breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy without PMRT were analyzed. Results: The median follow-up time was 72.2 months (range 0.8–125.2 months). The overall CWRs during the follow-up period were 1.68% in N0 patients and 2.82% in N1 patients. There was no statistically significant difference in 5-year and 10-year CWR-free survival (CWRFS) between the N0 and N1 patients. Of the 70 patients with CWR, 33 (1% of all the patients) had isolated CWR, and the 10-year overall survival rate in this group was 96.9%. After the propensity score matching of the N0 and N1 groups, there was still no difference in CWRFS by nodal status. Conclusions: The incidence of CWR in pT1-2N0-1 breast cancer patients is very low, especially with isolated recurrence. Also, the obtained data showed that the nodal status had no impact on CWRFS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)507-512
Number of pages6
JournalBreast Cancer Research and Treatment
Volume169
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2018

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Keywords

  • 1–3 positive nodes
  • Breast cancer
  • Chest wall irradiation
  • Chest wall recurrence risk factor
  • Post-mastectomy radiation therapy

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