A multidisciplinary view of mastectomy and breast
reconstruction: Understanding the challenges
by Orit Kaidar-Person, Birgitte V. Offersen, Liesbeth J.
Boersma, Dirk de Ruysscher, Trine Tramm, Thorsten Kühn, Oreste Gentilini,
Zoltán Mátrai, Philip Poortmans
The Breast: February
09, 2021
The current review paper was written in collaboration with
breast cancer surgeons from the European Breast Cancer Research Association of
Surgical Trialists (EUBREAST), a breast pathologist from the Danish Breast
Cancer Group (DBCG), and representatives from the European SocieTy for
Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO) breast cancer course. Herein we summarize
the different mastectomies and reconstruction procedures and define high-risk
anatomical areas for breast cancer recurrences, to further specify the
challenges in the surgical procedure, histopathological evaluation, and target
volumes in case of postmastectomy irradiation, as recommended by the ESTRO
guidelines according to the surgical procedure. The paper has original figures
and illustrations for all disciplines for in-depth understanding of the
differences between the procedures.
