Table 1

Oncological safety of skin-sparing mastectomy for invasive breast cancer – summary of recent studies.
Authors
 Year
 Sample size
 L.R. (%)
 F/U (months)
 Notes
Slavin et al10
 1998
 51
 2.0
 45
 26 DCIS cases.
Newman et al8
 1998
 372
 6.2
 26
 T1/T2 tumours.
Simmons et al13
 1999
 77
 3.9
 60
Toth et al4
 1999
 50
 0
 51.5
Kroll et al9
 1999
 114
 7.0
 72
 T1/T2 tumours.
Rivadeneira et al12
 2000
 71
 5.1
 49
Foster et al11
 2002
 25
 4.0
 49
 Locally advanced.
Medina-Franco et al6
 2002
 176
 4.5
 73
Spiegel and Butler7
 2003
 177
 5.6
 118
Carlson et al5
 2003
 539
 5.5
 65
 30.6% DCIS.
Gerber et al14
 2003
 112
 5.4
 59
Downes et al15
 2005
 38
 2.6
 53
 'High risk tumours'

Abbreviations: L.R. = local recurrence; F/U = follow-up interval.

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