The Validity of Radical Mastectomy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

Authors

  • Sompong Raksasook Department of Surgery, Ramathibodi Hospital Medical School, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Abstract

Analysis of 100 patients suffering from breast cancer was made and the results of treatment by radical and simple mastectomy compared; post-operative radiation being given to both groups. It was found that radical mastectomy gave a higher incidence of survival rate than did simple mastectomy; being 82.36 percent in the former and 68.75 percent in the latter, within one to 10 years. Arm oedema occurred in 35.18 percent of patients after radical mastectomy but none occurred after simple mastectomy.

Radical mastectomy still has a place in the treatment of early breast cancer in this country under the present circumstances. Severe operative morbidity is rather small. This type of operation is advantageous in enabling histological studies of axillary nodes, which serve as a criterion for the use of adjuvant systemic therapy after conventional local treatment.

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Published

1980-12-30

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Raksasook S. The Validity of Radical Mastectomy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer. Thai J Surg [Internet]. 1980 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];1(4):103-8. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/251265

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Vol. 1 No. 4 (1980): October - December

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Original Articles

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