Emanuele Zarba Meli, Anna De Santis, Giuliana Cortese, Elena Manna, Tiziana Mastropietro, Massimo La Pinta, Andrea Loreti, Floriana Arelli, Paola Scavina, Mauro Minelli, Angela Damiana Andrulli, Leopoldo Costarelli, Laura Broglia, Tatiana Ponzani, Lucio Fortunato
BACKGROUND: Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) is increasingly used for women with breast cancer who are not candidates for conservative surgery. The authors previously reported satisfying results with NSM after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT). METHODS: From 2010 to 2020, 1072 women underwent mastectomy at the authors' institution. In this group, 433 NSMs were performed (40%). The only contraindications to NSM were close proximity to the nipple-areola complex (NAC), bloody discharge, and Paget disease...
January 4, 2023: Annals of Surgical Oncology