• Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130041, P. R. China;
JIANG Yi, Email: jiangyi1025@yahoo.com
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Objective To discuss the feasibility and security of breast conserving surgery (BCS) in patients with multifocal/multicentric breast cancer (MMBC).Method The clinical trials about BCS in patients with MMBC at home and abroad in recent years were searched and reviewed.Results The results of most retrospective clinical trials showed that BCS in patients with MMBC could achieve similar or at least as good results as mastectomy. However, for there were some inevitable bias in retrospective studies, the conclusion should be analyzed modestly. Two prospective multicenter randomized controlled trials, the MIAMI UK trial and the ACOSOG Z11102 trial, were still ongoing, of which results were expected to confirm these conclusions further. Conclusions Under the premise of mastering the indications, BCS would be a reasonable option for MMBC when incisal margin is negative and cosmetic result is satisfactory. In addition, the lack of standard classification and definition for multifocality and multicentricity increases the difficulty of the research, and the distance of the cancer foci and the ratio of tumor to breast volume in patients with MMBC might be the key factors affecting the efficacy of BCS. Therefore, more rational-designed prospective studies and accurate subgroup analysis are expected to provide impelling evidence for application of BCS in patients with MMBC.

Citation: ZHOU Xuejiao, ZHANG Yifan, CHEN Ying, REN Shuying, JIANG Yi. Progress of breast conserving therapy in patients with multifocal/multicentric breast cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2021, 28(3): 415-420. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202006011 Copy

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