2016
Trends in the use of mastectomy in women with small node-negative breast cancer treated at US academic centers
Vaz-Luis I, Hughes ME, Cronin A, Rugo HS, Edge SB, Moy B, Theriault RL, Hassett MJ, Winer EP, Lin NU. Trends in the use of mastectomy in women with small node-negative breast cancer treated at US academic centers. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2016, 155: 569-578. PMID: 26868124, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3707-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast-conserving surgeryUse of mastectomyBreast cancer patientsInitial mastectomyBilateral mastectomyBreast cancerDefinitive surgeryInitial surgeryCancer patientsNational Comprehensive Cancer Network centersSmall node-negative breast cancersStage I breast cancer patientsNode-negative breast cancerStage I breast cancerRisk breast cancerSubstantial institutional variationProportion of patientsProspective cohort studyUS academic centersI breast cancerType of surgeryLonger median timeChoice of surgeryEquivalent survival outcomesSignificant institutional variation
2015
Surgical Options and Locoregional Recurrence in Patients Diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast
Sagara Y, Barry WT, Mallory MA, Vaz-Luis I, Aydogan F, Brock JE, Winer EP, Golshan M, Metzger-Filho O. Surgical Options and Locoregional Recurrence in Patients Diagnosed with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2015, 22: 4280-4286. PMID: 25893416, PMCID: PMC4801503, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-015-4570-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIpsilateral breast tumor recurrenceBreast-conserving surgeryInitial breast-conserving surgeryLocoregional recurrenceMargin statusLobular carcinomaBreast tumor recurrenceRetrospective cohort studyPositive surgical marginsInvasive lobular carcinomaMedian followInitial surgeryMultimodality therapyCohort studyFurther surgeryAdditional surgeryClinicopathologic dataSurgical marginsSurgical optionsNegative marginsTumor sizeCancer CenterClose marginsConsensus guidelinesTumor recurrence