• Department of General Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China;
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Objective  To compare the long-term outcome between breast-conserving therapy with mastectomy therapy for early stage invasive breast cancer through a Meta analysis of the randomized controlled trials published worldwide. Methods  Cochrane systematic evaluation was used to search through Cochrane libraries of clinical comparative trials, PubMed, Embase, Cancer Lit, and so on. The quality of literatures was independently evaluated and cross-checked by two evaluators, indicators for assessment including death number at the end of follow-up, locoregional and total recurrence. The results were analyzed with RevMan 4.2.2 software. Results  Six articles were involved in the Meta analysis with total 3 933 patients. No statistical difference was found in the death at the end of follow-up between breast-conserving therapy group and mastectomy therapy group (OR=1.05, 95% CI=0.93—1.19, P=0.45). Locoregional and total recurrence rate of breast-conserving therapy group were statistical higher than those in mastectomy therapy group (OR=1.64, 95% CI: 1.10—2.44, P=0.01; OR=1.42, 95% CI: 1.22—1.64, P lt;0.01). Conclusions  Breast-conserving therapy and mastectomy therapy have comparable effects on mortality in patient with early stage invasive breast cancer, even after long-term follow up. However, breast-conserving therapy is associated with significantly greater risk of locoregional recurrence.

Citation: CAO Feng,LI Fei. Long-Term Outcome of Breast-Conserving Therapy Versus Mastectomy Therapy for Early Stage Invasive Breast Cancer: Result of Meta Analysis. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2010, 17(6): 601-605. doi: Copy