俞晓立, 郭小毛. The role of radiotherapy in nipple-areola complex-sparing mastectomy for patients with breast cancer[J]. China Oncology, 2016, 26(5): 378-382.
俞晓立, 郭小毛. The role of radiotherapy in nipple-areola complex-sparing mastectomy for patients with breast cancer[J]. China Oncology, 2016, 26(5): 378-382. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-3969.2016.05.004.
The technique of nipple-areola complex (NAC)-sparing mastectomy (NSM) facilitates the breast reconstruction due to preserving the skin and NAC of breast in the treatment of breast cancer. Key issues still remain controversial in NSM
in terms of the role of radiotherapy combined with NSM and sequence of radiotherapy and NSM
which arise from the consideration of the oncology safety. Some investigations addressed that post-NSM external beam irradiation and intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT) combined with NSM could reduce the local recurrence rate. Based on the appropriate patient selection and god quality of surgery
radiotherapy would be applied in different strategies of combination with NSM according to the risk of local recurrence of the cancer.