Radiotherapy and Breast Reconstruction: What Is the Ideal Timing? A Narrative Review.
Breast
breast reconstruction
cancer
radiotherapy
review
timing
Journal
Reviews on recent clinical trials
ISSN: 1876-1038
Titre abrégé: Rev Recent Clin Trials
Pays: United Arab Emirates
ID NLM: 101270873
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
22
09
2021
revised:
13
11
2021
accepted:
24
12
2021
pubmed:
16
3
2022
medline:
27
10
2022
entrez:
15
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Women undergoing mastectomy choose to pursue breast reconstruction (BR) in order to reduce their body image distress.Adjuvant chest wall irradiation is associated with a negative cosmetic outcome. The aim of our review was to identify the optimal timing of BR relating to radiotherapy delivery. Using Cochrane Library, Embase, PubMed, Springer, Wanfang and CNKI, we performed a non-systematic review of articles published up to August 2021. There is no hard evidence in favor of immediate, delayed or 2-stage BR when post-mastectomy radiation is indicated. Immediate and 2-stage BR seem to be valid alternatives to delayed BR. Further research is essential in order to assess clinician and patient reported aesthetic outcomes and determine the optimal timing of BR in view of post-mastectomy radiotherapy, in breast cancer survivors.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35289255
pii: RRCT-EPUB-121550
doi: 10.2174/1574887117666220314161609
doi:
Types de publication
Review
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
73-85Informations de copyright
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